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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

Bertrand Russell

Thinking, Religion, Atheism

Bertrand Russell (2014). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”, p.553, Routledge

Religions which have any very strong hold over men's actions have generally some instinctive basis.

Bertrand Russell

Strong, Men, Religion

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Marriage and Morals”, p.12, Routledge

I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue.

Bertrand Russell

Atheist, Religion, Atheism

Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

No Carthaginian denied Moloch, because to do so would have required more courage that was required to face death in battle.

Bertrand Russell

Religion, Battle, Faces

Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.70, Routledge

If everything has a cause, then God must have a cause. If there can be anything without a cause, it may just be the world as God.

Bertrand Russell

Religion, World, May

Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.183, Psychology Press

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

Bertrand Russell

Wise, Men, Religion

Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.12, Lulu Press, Inc

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell.

Bertrand Russell

Cynical, Religion, Atheism

Sceptical Essays "On the Value of Scepticism" (1928)

The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs.

Bertrand Russell

Profound, Religion, Belief

Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.20, Simon and Schuster