Russell's classic quotations

Russell was a twentieth-century British philosopher, mathematical logician, historian, and atheist. He was also the most famous and influential scholar and scholar in the West in the last century. One of the pacifist social activists. Below are the classic quotations about Russell that I have collected for you. You are welcome to read them.

Russell's Classic Quotations Chapter 1

1. Traditional people get angry when they see deviations from tradition, mainly because they regard such deviations as criticism of them.

2. All great books have boring chapters, and all great men have boring moments in their lives.

3. We often ask whether we know this or that, but we have never asked what "knowing" itself is.

4. Science is what we already know, philosophy is what we don’t know yet. Philosophy is our special power to talk nonsense. Philosophy is reasonable conjecture.

5. To understand an era or a nation, we must understand its philosophy.

6. The so-called happy life must refer to a quiet life, because only in a quiet atmosphere can the real joy of life be produced.

7. Don’t be absolutely certain about everything.

8. The illusion is not your fault. Making decisions under illusion is your fault.

9. There are two types of work. One is to change the relative position of objects on and near the surface of the earth to other objects, and the other is to direct others to perform the first task.

10. Don’t blindly worship any authority, because you can always find the opposite authority.

11. People are born ignorant, but they are not stupid. Education makes people stupid.

12. Marriage is like a golden birdcage. Those on the outside want to get in, but those on the inside want to get out.

13. This is my life. I find that people are worth living. If anyone gives me another chance to live, I will gladly accept this rare gift.

14. When the emotional fanaticism calms down, a person with the habit of reasoning will look for logical support for his own beliefs.

15. For citizens of a democratic society, nothing is more important than gaining immunity to high-pitched talk.

16. My life is exactly this: make career become joy, and make joy become career.

17. To be afraid of love is to be afraid of life, and those who are afraid of life are already half buried in the loess.

18. The most fundamental shortcoming of fathers is that they want their children to win glory for themselves.

19. Intellectual wisdom is most easily produced from the combination of great cognitive ability and selfless mood.

20. The trouble in the world is this: Fools are overconfident and wise people are full of doubts.

21. All social inequalities, in the long run, are income inequalities.

22. Even if the truth is not pleasant, you must be honest, because it often takes more effort to cover up the truth.

23. War does not decide who is right, only who stays.

24. As long as any philosophical thought can justify itself, it has some real knowledge.

25. Understanding how to live with uncertainty without hesitation and confusion is probably the most important thing that philosophy of our time can teach you.

26. Life is a fight, a competition, and respect can only belong to the winner. This concept leads people to over-cultivate their will at the expense of reason and intelligence.

27. "Now" is a "point" in time just past.

28. Wonderful learning can not only make unpleasant things less unpleasant, but also make pleasant things more pleasant.

29. Taking a long-term view is rational, but it is also depressing, because beauty is always in the future, and there is always suffering in the present.

30. As a person, you must respect your parents, be kind to your children, be generous to your poor relatives, and be polite to everyone.

31. Those who forget good and evil and only pursue facts are more likely to achieve good deeds than those who distort facts due to desire and only see what they want to see.

32. Human real life does not lie in dressing and eating, but in art, thought and love, in the creation and contemplation of beauty, and in a scientific understanding of the world.

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

34. The biggest problem in this world is that fools and fanatics are pretentious, while wise men are full of doubts.

35. Freedom, morality and human dignity lie precisely in the fact that people do good deeds not because good is implemented but because people yearn for it, hope for it, and love it.

36. Among all the moral qualities in the world, kindness is the most needed.

37. Ethics originated from the art of persuading others to make sacrifices in order to cooperate with oneself.

38. The world is full of magical things, and they are patiently waiting for us to become wiser.

39. Hobbies and temporary hobbies are not a basic source of happiness, but a means of escaping reality and a way to temporarily forget the unbearable pain.

40. Einstein’s ‘theory of relativity’ makes people feel that they understand less.

41. If a person cannot face the misfortunes in life without relying on warm myths, then he is a bit weak and despicable.

42. The combination of mathematics and theology began with Pythagoras, which represents the characteristics of Greek, medieval and modern religious philosophy until Kant.

43. The hardest thing to learn in life is to cross that bridge and burn that bridge.

44. A happy life must be a peaceful life in general. Because only in a peaceful atmosphere can real happiness be produced.

45. What people fear when engaging in this kind of struggle is not that they will not have breakfast the next day, but that they will not be able to defeat their neighbors.

46. Youth is a period of open-mindedness, and you should use this period to develop your own open-minded character.

47. The definition does not matter whether it is true or false. It is a manifestation of will, not a proposition.

48. “Memory” refers to the recall of past events.

49. A great career is rooted in perseverance and continuous work, which should be pursued with full energy and not avoid hardships.

50. Don’t be afraid of having unique views, because the common sense we accept now was once a unique view.

51. There are three simple but strong passions that determine my life, namely the need for love, the thirst for knowledge and the unbearable sympathy for human suffering.

52. Judging from the time they go to school every day, Chinese children are the most thoughtful.

53. We can recall our own dreams, but if others don’t tell us, we can’t know their dreams.

54. We are born into this world twice, the first time is to exist, and the second time is to survive.

55. The world is full of magical things, waiting patiently for us to become smarter and discover them.

56. When the mind returns to the starting point, it has gained new awareness in the process.

57. The secret of happiness is: try to expand the scope of your interests and be as friendly as possible to the people and things you are interested in.

58. It should be noted that diversity is the source of happiness.

59. You must have courage to deal with poverty, you must have courage to endure ridicule, and you must have courage to face the enemies in your own camp.

60. I will never die for my beliefs because I may be wrong. Russell's Classic Quotations Part 2

1. A good life is a life inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

2. Don’t be afraid to have weird ideas, because all the concepts people accept now were once weird ideas.

3. The necessary condition for a happy life is wisdom, and wisdom can be obtained through education.

4. Knowledge controlled by love is necessary for educators and what his students should obtain. In the lower grades, love for students is the most important love; in the upper grades, love for the knowledge imparted gradually becomes necessary.

5. A beggar will not be jealous of a millionaire, but he will definitely be jealous of a beggar with a higher income.

6. There is no risk in life, which may be meaningless. But if there is any kind of adventure in life, it will definitely be short-lived.

7. Knowledge is the liberator of the kingdom of natural forces and destructive passions. Without knowledge, the world we hope for cannot be built.

8. Knowledge is one of the main factors that make human beings happy.

10. Getting drunk is temporary suicide.

11. Love will flourish only when it is free and unrestrained. The idea that love is some kind of obligation can only kill love.

12. It is said that man is a rational animal. I have spent my entire life looking for evidence for this view.

13. Some children have the habit of thinking, and the purpose of education is to eradicate this habit from them.

14. Wherever teachers lack love, neither character nor wisdom can develop fully or freely; this love mainly consists in feeling that children are an end.

16. Under the conditions of modern life, laws are absolute, and any nation that does not value trained wisdom is doomed to fail.

17. Many people would rather die than think. In fact, they have never thought about it until they die.

18. A good life is guided by action and wisdom. A great career is rooted in perseverance and continuous work, being engaged in with full energy and not avoiding hardships.

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

20. The process from amoeba to human beings is obviously progress for philosophers. But we don't know what the amoeba thinks.

21. There are many people. It is better to let them die than to let them think about it. In fact, many people die before they even think about it.

22. I once believed that I knew everything worth knowing at Cambridge. As I traveled, this thought faded away. This was the opposite of what I intended, but it was very beneficial to me.

23. Hope is the crutch of perseverance, and patience is the travel bag. Carrying them, people can board the eternal journey.

24. 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.

25. Democracy is the process of selecting the person to be criticized

26. Possessiveness - the desire to possess as much property or ownership of property as possible - is a motive . I think this motivation arises from a combination of fear and the desire to have the necessities.

27. A great career is rooted in perseverance and continuous work, which should be carried out with full spirit and not avoid hardships.

28. Necessary moral education is best started the moment the baby is born, because in this way, you will not be disappointed by too many expectations.

29. We cannot formulate our education from the perspective of making everyone have the temperament of a poet, but there are some characteristics that common people need, and they together form the basis of ideal character, which are: Energy, courage, sensitivity, intelligence.

30. People are born ignorant, but they are not stupid yet. Education makes them stupid.

31. Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for the happiness of other people, and under the subtle disguise is hatred of mankind.

　32. Many people can die bravely, but they don’t have the courage to say that the reason they died for is meaningless, or even have the courage to think about it this way.

33. A great career is rooted in perseverance and continuous work, which should be carried out with full dedication and not avoid hardships.

34. Many people fall in love 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.

35. Plants reproduce through cultivation, and humans become adults through education.

36. We would like to put forward two precepts of education. One is "Don't teach too many subjects" and the other is, "Whatever you teach, you must teach it thoroughly."

37. A happy life is a life inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

38. In the United States, everyone believes that no one has a higher social status than him because everyone is born equal. However, he does not admit that no one is lower than him in social status.

39. Aristotle said that women have fewer teeth than men. Even though he was married twice, he never thought to check his wife's teeth.

40. People are gullible animals and must believe in something. If the belief has no good basis, a bad basis will do the trick.

41. Our powerful morality is to achieve material success through struggle; this morality applies to both the country and individuals.

42. Young people in their youth should be inspired with open-minded enthusiasm, and they should be allowed to use this enthusiasm to build their own lives and careers.

43. The desire for love, the pursuit of knowledge, and the unstoppable sympathy for human suffering. ;