What did Bertrand Russell mean by: A widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible. Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England Copy
I often long to . . . give up my life to love of my neighbour. This is really a temptation. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Altruism, Sacrifice, Temptation, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Emotions, Obedience, Reason, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Affection, Rules, Tact, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
Herd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Direction, Intensity, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
The resistance to a new idea increases by the square of its importance. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Importance, Innovation, Resistance, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
+ Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know. Author, October 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Exploration, Knowledge, Uncertainty, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
+ Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. Read explanation Author, May 6, 2023December 25, 2024, Bertrand Russell, Caution, Happiness, Love, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty? Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bertrand Russell, Cruelty, Endurance, Spectacle, 0 Bertrand Russell Philosopher · England
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
