Bertrand Russell Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

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The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

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Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

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To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

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No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

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Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

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Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.

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A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

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Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

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One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

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Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

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Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

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Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.

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I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

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None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

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