Bertrand Russell Quotes about Virtue

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Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Failing, Christianity, Virtue

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.34, Routledge

Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head.

Good Life, Heart, Virtue

Bertrand Russell (2015). “Icarus; or, the Future of Science”, p.20, Lulu Press, Inc

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others

Gossip, Virtue

When I was a child . . . Only virtue was prized, virtue at the expense of intellect, health, happiness, and every mundane good.

Children, Virtue, Intellect

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.120, Routledge

Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending us.

Principles, Ethics, Virtue