The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?"

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?"

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more often out of insensitiveness than out of deliberate intent, whatever increases sensitiveness of perception and understanding humanizes life.