A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. – Bertrand Russell
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. – Bertrand Russell
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. – Bertrand Russell
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. – Bertrand Russell