The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. – Bertrand Russell
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. – Bertrand Russell
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. – Bertrand Russell
Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. – Bertrand Russell