I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them.

What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within.

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (One is unable to notice something because it is always before one’s eyes.) The real foundations of his enquiry do not strike a man at all

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

A wheel that can be turned though nothing else moves with it, is not a part of the mechanism.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.