Bertrand RussellThinkers

Anger is as much a waste of time with a man who behaves badly as it is with a car that won't go.

Atheism is surely not so bad even if there is in fact a God. If God exists, it is unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.

The Barnum effect is the tendency to give high accuracy ratings to vague descriptions wrongly perceived as specifically tailored to them.

A Belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible when it is widespread.

Capitalism is summed up by the idea that the fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

Certainty is having the highest degree of credibility, either intrinsically or as a result of argument.

Change is when a proposition which is true of something at one time is not true of it at a later time.

Christianity is easily shown to be problematic in that even the most devout do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago.

Color is not at all what common sense says it is. One has to learn the habit of seeing things as they appear.

Cynicism is (among the most highly educated youth) the result of a combination of comfort and powerlessness.