Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter is capable of being denied without absurdity.
Bertrand RussellNothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.
Bertrand RussellEthical metaphysics is fundamentally an attempt, however disguised, to give legislative force to our own wishes.
Bertrand Russell