The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Bertrand RussellHerd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction.
Bertrand RussellThe place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Bertrand RussellPunctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are concerned.
Bertrand Russell