Bertrand Russell — "Most people would die sooner than think – in fact they do so."

"I feel I shall find the truth on my deathbed and be surrounded by people too stupid to understand—fussing about medicines instead of searching for wisdom."

"Anything you're good at, you should do."

"The influence of our wishes upon our beliefs is a matter of common knowledge and observation, yet the nature of this influence is very generally misconceived... the great mass of beliefs by which we a…"

"It is easy to imagine a world where the sun never sets, and yet the inhabitants are miserable."

"I am not interested in the universe as a whole, but in certain parts of it."