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Bertrand Russell (1872197) was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, historian, atheist or agnostic in the 2th century, and also one of the most famous and influential scholars and pacifist social activists in the west in the last century. Russell is also considered to have founded analytical philosophy with Frege, Wittgenstein and Whitehead. The Principles of Mathematics, which he co-authored with Whitehead, has a great influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics and analytical philosophy. In 195, Russell won the Nobel Prize in Literature in recognition of his diverse and important works and his continuous pursuit of humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.

A Complete Collection of Russell's Famous Quotations:

1. There are many people, so it is better to let them die if they think about it. In fact, many people have died before thinking about it.

2. Many people fall in love in order to find a refuge from the world. In this refuge, when they are not worthy of admiration, there are still people who love them, and when they are not worthy of praise, there are still people who praise them.

3. People are born ignorant, and reasoning is regarded as a sign of intelligence, which shows that people are superior to machines.

4. A great cause is rooted in persistent work, which is carried out with full spirit and does not avoid hardships.

5. Youth is an open-minded period, and you should use this period to develop your open-minded character.

6. I will never die for my beliefs, because my beliefs may be wrong.

7. In the United States, everyone thinks that no one has a higher social status than him, because everyone is born equal. However, he doesn't admit that no one is lower in social status than him.

8. It is said that man is a rational animal. All my life, I have been looking for evidence of this view.

9. People are credulous animals, so they must believe something. If there is no good basis for this belief, bad basis can be dealt with.

1. Many people can die bravely, but they don't have the courage to say that the reason why they died is meaningless, or even to think about it.

11. Reasoning is regarded as a sign of intelligence, which shows that people are superior to machines. Russell's Outline of Philosophy

12. To realize the immateriality of time is the gate of wisdom. Realizing that time is not important is the door of wisdom. Russell

13. It takes courage to deal with poverty, to endure ridicule, and to face up to the enemies in your own camp. Russell's My Belief

14. Giving up something you want is an indispensable part of a happy life. Bertrand Russell

15. One of the first signs of mental breakdown is to firmly believe that your work is very, very important. Russell

16. The most fundamental shortcoming of fathers is that they want their children to win glory for themselves. Bertrand Russell The New York Times

17. It is undeniable that China people have themselves to blame and cannot produce honest and capable government officials. China people's ethics has always paid no attention to public obligations, while family values are very heavy. An official must support his relatives, and if he wants to be honest, he must give up filial piety. This is the root of the problem. Therefore, if China wants to make progress, the family system must be broken. Russell's The Question of China

18. The cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children suffer from famine, the innocent are tortured by oppressors, the helpless old man becomes an abominable burden in the eyes of his son, and the loneliness, poverty and suffering that are everywhere in the world-all these make a mockery of the life that human beings should live. I long to reduce evil, but I can't, so I feel pain. Russell's Why I Live

19. It is important to know that the uneven life is the source of happiness. Russell's Road to Happiness

2. The combination of mathematics and theology began in Pythagoras, which represents the characteristics of Greek, medieval and modern religious philosophy up to Kant. Russell's History of Western Philosophy

21. Many people would rather die than think. In fact, they did not think until their death. Bertrand Russell

23. Incomplete needs are one of the essential conditions for happiness. Russell's Road to Happiness

24. Being able to intelligently enrich leisure time is the latest achievement of human civilization. Bertrand Russell

25. If a person can't face the misfortunes in life without relying on warm myths, then he is a bit weak and contemptible. Bertrand Russell

26. All forms of courage, whether in men or women, should be praised as physical courage is in soldiers. Russell's The Road to Happiness

27. There are two motives for reading a book: one is that you love it, and the other is that you can boast about it. Russell

28, hallucinations are not your fault, making decisions in hallucinations is your fault. Russell

29. The essential factor of happiness is that our way of life must come from our own deep impulses, not from the accidental hobbies and desires of our neighbors or relatives. Russell's Conquering Happiness

3. People are mainly doing two things in this world: first, changing the position and shape of objects, and second, instructing others to do so. Russell

31. Hope is a tough crutch, and patience is a traveling bag. With them, people can embark on an eternal journey.

32. Wisdom is the necessary condition to make life happy, and wisdom can be acquired through education.

33. Plants grow by cultivation, and humans grow up by education.

34. We should put forward two educational commandments. One is not to teach too many subjects, the other is to teach everything you teach thoroughly.

35. Youth is an open-minded period, and you should use this period to develop your open-minded character.

36. We can't formulate our education from the point of view of making everyone have the temperament of a poet, but there are some characteristics that Pu Wen needs, and they form the basis of ideal character, that is, vitality, courage, sensitivity and wisdom.

37. Under the conditions of modern life, the law is absolute, and any nation that does not attach importance to trained wisdom is doomed to failure.

38. Knowledge is the liberator of the kingdom of natural forces and destructive passion. Without knowledge, the world we want cannot be established.

39. An educator should love young people, but this alone is not enough. He must also have a correct understanding of the excellent qualities of human beings.

4. The knowledge dominated by love is necessary for an educator and what his students should get. In the lower grades, love for students is the most important love; In the senior year, it is gradually necessary to love the knowledge taught. About Russell's famous sayings

1. Love will flourish only when it is free. The idea that love is an obligation can only kill love. Just one sentence: you should love someone, which is enough to make you hate this person.

2. The more cursed you are now, the more respected you will be in the future-"Russell said: Happy Life"

3. The real life of people lies not in clothes and meals, but in art, thought and love, in the creation of beauty and the scientific understanding of the world.

4. What teachers should do is to guide students to understand knowledge by themselves. -wisdom of the west

5. "induction" is our old friend, because it is the law of conditioned reflex or the law of connection. -Outline of Philosophy

6. Kant said that he was not worried about being proved wrong, but worried about being misunderstood. -Wisdom of the West

7. Uneven polymorphism is the source of happiness.

8. What people are afraid of in this kind of struggle is not that they won't have breakfast the next day, but that they can't beat their neighbors. -"Russell said: Happy Life"

9. Personal ego is not the biggest part of the whole world. A person who can transcend his own thoughts and hopes can also find a quiet and leisurely place for himself in the predicament of daily life, which is impossible for a thorough egoist. -"The Road to Happiness"

1. An initial sign of mental breakdown is to firmly believe that your work is very, very important.

11. It is extremely difficult to escape from mental fatigue in modern life. First of all, during the whole working time, especially during the time between work and home, a person who works in the city is always suffering from noise. Admittedly, he has been able to consciously ignore most of the noise, but he is still tired because of it, mainly because he subconsciously tries not to listen to it. Another tiresome thing that we are unaware of is that we often meet strangers. Like other animals, man's natural instinct always makes him investigate every stranger of his own race to decide whether to treat him with a friendly or hostile attitude. Those who take the subway during the rush hour have to suppress this instinct, and the result of suppression makes them feel infinite anger at all strangers they are unwilling to get close to. -"Russell said: Happy Life"

12. Broadly speaking, the person who is most eager for power is the person who is most likely to get power. -"On Power"

13. It is undeniable that China people have themselves to blame and cannot produce honest and capable government officials. China people's ethics has always paid no attention to public obligations, while family values are very heavy. An official must support his relatives, and if he wants to be honest, he must give up filial piety. This is the root of the problem. Therefore, if China wants to make progress, the family system must be broken. -"The China Question"

14. To understand an era or a nation, we must understand its philosophy; ..... The environment in which people live plays a great role in determining their philosophy, but in turn their philosophy plays a great role in determining their environment. -history of western philosophy

15. philosophy is that a black cat looks for a mouse that doesn't necessarily exist in a dark room

16. there is a traditional religious criminal psychology that is unacceptable to modern psychologists. According to this psychology, especially according to Protestants, conscience will tell everyone when what he wants to do is a crime, and after doing it, he may feel two kinds of embarrassment: one is called regret, which is useless, and the other is called regret, which can wash away evil. -"Russell said: Happy Life"

17. Worry is a kind of fear, and all kinds of fears will produce fatigue. If a person can learn not to be afraid, he will find that the fatigue in daily life is greatly reduced. The most harmful kind of fear always comes from some dangers that we don't want to face up to. The correct way to deal with fear is to concentrate, think about fear rationally and calmly until you are fully familiar with it. The result of familiarity is to reduce fear; The whole question will seem boring. So our thoughts will move elsewhere, which is not due to the efforts of will as before, but because we are not interested in this issue. When you find yourself inclined to meditate on something, no matter what it is, the best way is to think about it, even more than you would like to think, until its abnormal temptation finally disappears. -The Road to Happiness

18. The custom of marriage is always a mixture of three factors, which can be collectively called instinctive, economic and religious factors. -Marriage and Morality

19. Although jealousy is harmful and its consequences are terrible, it is not entirely the devil's way? In a sense, it is a heroic expression of pain. The so-called heroic pain is the pain of people who grope blindly in the dark, perhaps heading for a better resting place, perhaps heading for destruction and death. In order to find a correct path from this despair, a civilized man must broaden his mind as he broadens his mind; He must learn to surpass himself and gain freedom by surpassing himself. -Russell said: Happy Life

2, Fear is the main source of transcendence, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To Conquer Fear is the beginning of wisdom. Fear is the root of superstition and one of the main causes of cruelty. Wisdom begins with conquering fear.

21. Traditional people get furious when they see the behavior of deviating from tradition, mainly because they regard this deviation as their criticism.

22. Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks it is secure. Freedom of speech only exists when the government thinks it is safe.

23. Uneven polymorphism is the source of happiness.

24. The key to happiness is that our way of life must come from our own deep impulses, not from the accidental hobbies and desires of our neighbors or relatives. -"Conquering Happiness"

25. The illusion is not your fault. It is your fault to make a decision in the illusion.

26. If there is a nation that is too proud to fight, it is China.

27. This has been my life, and I have found that people are worth living. If anyone gives me another chance to live, I will gladly accept this rare gift. -"What do I live for?"

28. Perfect love gives each other vitality; In love, everyone happily accepts love and naturally gives love; Because of this mutual happiness, everyone will feel that the world is full of fun. -The Road to Happiness

29. Love and knowledge lead me to heaven as much as possible, but compassion always brings me back to earth. The cry of pain often echoes in my heart. Hungry children, oppressed and tortured people, helpless old people regarded as a burden by their children, and the whole world full of loneliness, poverty and pain all make a mockery of human life. I am eager to alleviate these misfortunes, but I can't help it, and I suffer from it myself. -"Why I Live"

3. The combination of mathematics and theology began in Pythagoras, which represented the Greek, medieval and modern times until Kant.