Bertrand Russell Quotes

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them.

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness it is a sign of emotional failure.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is very important.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

There was never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male except his superior muscle.

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked not be endured with patient resignation.