Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; no fire, no heroism, no intensity of though and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave.
Bertrand RussellThere are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.
Bertrand RussellThe use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than of justice. Within a nation, this public authority will naturally be the state; in relations between nations, if the present anarchy is to cease, it will have to be some international parliament.
Bertrand RussellThere seems scarcely any limit to what could be done in the way of producing a good world, if only men would use science wisely.
Bertrand RussellAll serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.
Bertrand Russell