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.
- A History of Western Philosophy
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
- The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
- Probably paraphrased from a passage in What Desires Are Politically Important
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
- “Why I Am Not A Christian”
Many people would die sooner die than think - In fact they do so.
- The ABC of Relativity
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.
- New Hopes for a Changing World
Patriotism… a willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
- “Freedom in Society”
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
- Education and the Social Order
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
- New Hopes for a Changing World
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
- “Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness.”
Many people would die sooner die than think - In fact they do so.
- The ABC of Relativity
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.
- New Hopes for a Changing World
Patriotism… a willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
- “Freedom in Society”
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
- Education and the Social Order
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
- New Hopes for a Changing World
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
- “Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness.”
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt
- "The Triumph of Stupidity"
To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. But this is an entirely modern conception, which hardly existed before the seventeenth century. Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
- "The Triumph of Stupidity"
To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. But this is an entirely modern conception, which hardly existed before the seventeenth century. Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
- The Impact of Science on Society
In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors.
- Unpopular Essays
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