Bertrand Russell

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life read more

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and read more

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets read more

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting