Bertrand Russell

Unless one is taught what to do with success after getting it, achievement of it must inevitably leave him prey to boredom.

Bertrand Russell

We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.

Bertrand Russell

What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know.

Bertrand Russell

When we perceive any object of a familiar kind, much of what appears subjectively to be immediately given is really derived from past experience.

Bertrand Russell

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

Bertrand Russell

Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?

Bertrand Russell

Writing can be either readable or precise, but not at the same time.

Bertrand Russell

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors.

Bertrand Russell

Your writing is never as good as you hoped; but never as bad as you feared.

Bertrand Russell