In astronomy, the law of gravitation is plainly better worth knowing than the position of a particular planet on a particular night, or even on every night throughout a year. There are in the law a splendour and simplicity and sense of mastery which illuminate a mass of otherwise uninteresting details. But in history the matter is far otherwise. Historical facts, many of them, have an intrinsic value, a profound interest on their own account, which makes them worthy of study, quite apart from any possibility of linking them together by means of causal laws.
Bertrand RussellBeggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
Bertrand RussellFear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand.
Bertrand RussellThe mind is a strange machine which can combine the materials offered to it in the most astonishing ways.
Bertrand Russell