Bertrand Russell

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

I've always had real trouble knowing what my actual desires and goals are. I've just been dragged along by fate.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.