The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
-Bertrand Russell
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
-Bertrand Russell
I once asked [Bertrand] Russell if he was willing to die for his beliefs. ‘Of course not,’ he replied. ‘After all, I may be wrong.’”
-Leonard Lyons, The New York Post, June 23, 1964.
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy