Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

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.

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

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

No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step.

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