Bertrand Russell

A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.

Bertrand Russell

A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

Bertrand Russell

All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches.

Bertrand Russell

All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs; and if these are rejected, nothing is left.

Bertrand Russell

Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.

Bertrand Russell

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

Bertrand Russell

As soon as we abandon our own reason and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

Bertrand Russell

Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

Bertrand Russell

Belief in a divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.

Bertrand Russell

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.

Bertrand Russell