What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to f... - Bertrand Russell
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite."
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite."
"Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy."
"There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest."
"La Ciencia en ningún momento está totalmente en lo cierto, pero rara vez está completamente equivocada y tiene en general mayores posibilidades de estar en lo cierto que las teorías no científicas."
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."