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Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened, but do not be silenced.

Be isolated, be ignored, be attacked, be in doubt, be frightened, but do not be silenced.

Bertrand Russell
Doubt, Ignored, Frightened
Bertrand Russell, Barry Feinberg, Ronald Kasrils (1969). “Dear Bertrand Russell ... a selection of his correspondence with the general public, 1950-1968”, Allen & Unwin

The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.

Bertrand Russell
Faith, Wise, Doubt

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.

Bertrand Russell
Science, Doubt, Atheism
Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possiblities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom. Thus, while diminishing our feeling of certainty as to what things are, it greatly increases our knowledge as to what the may be; it removes the somewhat arrogant dogmatism of those who have never travelled into the region of liberating doubt, and it keeps alive our sense of wonder by showing familar things in an unfamilar aspect

Bertrand Russell
Philosophy, Feelings, Doubt
Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Problems of Philosophy”, p.124, Lulu.com

There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.

Bertrand Russell
Doubt, Atheism, Next
"Kenneth Harris Talking To: Bertrand Russell". 1971.

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

Bertrand Russell
Men, Doubt, World
Bertrand Russell (2016). “The Problems of Philosophy”, Bertrand Russell

Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have denounced it if he had known of it.

Bertrand Russell
Doubt, Scripture, Butlers
Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.50, Routledge

Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom.

Bertrand Russell
Philosophy, Doubt, Answers
Bertrand Russell (2016). “The Problems of Philosophy”, p.207, Bertrand Russell

It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin begins is a matter as to which casuists differ. One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil intent. But I doubt whether modern authorities would agree with him on this point.

Bertrand Russell
Evil, Catholic, Doubt
Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.77, Routledge

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