One of the chief triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is.
Bertrand RussellBrief and powerless is man's life; on him and all his race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark.
Bertrand RussellAs for earthquakes, though they were still formidable, they were so interesting that men of science could hardly regret them.
Bertrand RussellThere are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.
Bertrand RussellThe theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
Bertrand RussellThe first man who said "fire burns" was employing scientific method, at any rate if he had allowed himself to be burnt several times. This man had already passed through the two stages of observation and generalization. He had not, however, what scientific technique demands - a careful choice of significant facts on the one hand, and, on the other hand, various means of arriving at laws otherwise than my mere generalization.
Bertrand Russell