Bertrand Russell

"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin - more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

"Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

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

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Bertrand Russell

"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian