Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Bertrand RussellWhen one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
Bertrand RussellFrom the height of their disillusionment they look down upon those whom they despise as simple souls. For my part I have no sympathy with this outlook. All disenchantment is to me a malady, which, it is true, certain circumstances may render inevitable, but which none the less, when it occurs, is to be cured as soon as possible, not to be regarded as a higher form of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell