Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

· 1872 - 1970 · 239 kata bijak

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.

Bertrand Russell

Kebaikan

We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and the other which we practice but seldom preach.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Keluarga

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

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Motivasi

Beggars do not envy millionaires though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

It is preoccupation with possession more than anything else that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Keluarga

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

To teach how to live with uncertainty and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can still do for those who study it.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Nasihat

Three passions simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the longing for love the search for knowledge and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Pendidikan

What men want is not knowledge but certainty.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kepemimpinan

Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kebahagiaan

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

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Sukses

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kehidupan

One must care about a world one will not see.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Harapan

The habit of looking into the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring forth is a pernicious one. There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Waktu

All movements go too far.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kegagalan

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness it is a sign of emotional failure.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Keluarga

Simpson succeeded in proving that there was no harm in giving anaesthetics to men because God put Adam into a deep sleep when He extracted his rib. But male ecclesiastics remained unconvinced as regards the sufferings of women at any rate in childbirth.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Keluarga

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Kreativitas

Work is of two kinds: first altering a position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter second telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill-paid the second is pleasant and highly paid.

🖼 Gambar

Bertrand Russell

Seni

A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety.

🖼 Gambar