Bertrand Russell — "I am not a fan of the human race."

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely t…"

"The modern world is so organized that if you are a decent human being, you are bound to be unhappy."

"There is no logical impossibility in the hypothesis that the world was created five minutes ago, complete with all our memories and records."

"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization."