More From Bertrand Russell
- "Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic."
- "Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me."
- "Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear."
More In Wisdom
- "Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom."― Merry Browne
- "We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."― Robert E. Lee
- "If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king."― Orson Pratt