As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our trouble. . . . No Catholic, for instance, takes seriously the text which says that a Bishop should be the husband of one wife.
Bertrand RussellCan a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?
Bertrand Russell... the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.
Bertrand RussellThe fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Bertrand Russell