All the labor of all the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction. So now, my friends, if that is true, and it is true, what is the point?
Bertrand RussellCollective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Bertrand RussellFor a good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher.
Bertrand RussellThe desire for legitimate offspring is, in fact, according to the Catholic Church, the only motive which can justify sexual intercourse.
Bertrand RussellGod and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies.
Bertrand RussellBut as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant upon which the mathematical world could rest, I found the elephant tottering, and proceeded to construct a tortoise to keep the elephant from falling. But the tortoise was not more secure than the elephant, and after some twenty years of very arduous toil, I came to the conclusion that there was nothing more that I could do in the way of making mathematical knowledge indubitable.
Bertrand Russell