Bertrand Russell

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with read more

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are co

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.