Comment: The real danger lies not in ignorance, but in being sure of things that deserve to be questioned.The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Credit: Bertrand Russell
Source: Mortals and Others (1931-35)
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Books: Bertrand Russell (1)
Quotations: Bertrand Russell (7)
- Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Critical Thinking Bertrand Russell
- Fools’ Certainty Bertrand Russell
- I Do Not Pretend to Start with Precise Questions Bertrand Russell
- If Everything Must Have a Cause, Then God Must Have a Cause Bertrand Russell (1927)
- It Has Been Said That Man Is a Rational Animal Bertrand Russell
- Passionate Opinions Bertrand Russell
- What Men Really Want Is Not Knowledge but Certainty Bertrand Russell
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