Bertrand Russell

A sense of duty is


A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.

A process which led from


A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to philosophers to be obviously progress -- though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

A stupid man's report of


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

A truer image of the


A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

Advocates of capitalism are very


Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.