Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding first and last things.

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

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces.

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.

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

The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.

Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.