Bertrand Russell

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so. ”

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. ”

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ”

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. ”

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy. ”

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time. ”

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. ”

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known. ”

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. ”

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. ”