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.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

There will be a great loss of learning before the moon's full cycle is completed. Fire and floods will be fomented by ignorant rulers; much time will go by before it is rectified.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.