Religions which have any very strong hold over men's actions have generally some instinctive basis.
Bertrand RussellOne is always a little afraid of love, but above all, one is afraid of pain or causing pain.
Bertrand RussellMost people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.
Bertrand RussellMany a marriage hardly differs from prostitution, except being harder to escape from.
Bertrand Russell