Fear is the main source of superstition， and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom， in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.
英国哲学家
伯特兰·阿瑟·威廉·罗素（Bertrand Arthur William Russell，1872年5月18日—1970年2月2日），英国哲学家、数学家、逻辑学家、历史学家、文学家，分析哲学的主要创始人，世界和平运动的倡导者和组织者，主要作品有《西方哲学史》《哲学问题》《心的分析》《物的分析》等。
问题的根本原因在于，在现代世界里，愚蠢的人自以为是，而聪明的人充满怀疑。
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
罗素
英国哲学家
世界的整个问题在于愚蠢的人和狂热分子总是对自己如此确定，而聪明的人则充满疑虑。
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves， and wiser people so full of doubts.
罗素
英国哲学家
一个观点被广泛持有并不是它绝不荒谬的证据。
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
罗素
英国哲学家
三种激情，简单但无比强烈，支配着我的生活：对爱的渴望，对知识的追求，以及对人类苦难的无法忍受的怜悯。
Three passions， simple but overwhelmingly strong， have governed my life: the longing for love， the search for knowledge， and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
罗素
英国哲学家
在一切事务中，偶尔将一个问号挂在你长期以来视为理所当然的事物上是一种健康的做法。
In all affairs， it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
罗素
英国哲学家
对财产的过度关注，胜过一切其他因素，阻碍了我们自由高尚地生活。
It is the preoccupation with possessions， more than anything else， that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
罗素
英国哲学家
在我们所知的宇宙中，存在巨大的不公正，善良的人经常受苦，邪恶的人经常繁荣，人们很难知道哪一个更令人恼火。
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice， and often the good suffer， and often the wicked prosper， and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
罗素
英国哲学家
Men are born ignorant， not stupid； they are made stupid by education.
人生来无知，而不是愚蠢；他们是通过教育而变得愚蠢的。
罗素
英国哲学家
Fear is the main source of superstition， and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom， in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.
恐惧是迷信的主要根源之一，也是残忍的主要根源之一。征服恐惧是智慧的开始，无论是在追求真理还是在追求高尚生活方式的过程中。
罗素
英国哲学家
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
幸福的秘诀是面对这个世界很可怕的事实。
罗素
英国哲学家
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
有人说人是理性的动物。我一生都在寻找可以支持这一说法的证据。
罗素
英国哲学家
A good world needs knowledge， kindliness， and courage； it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.
一个良好的世界需要知识、善良和勇气；它不需要对过去的后悔，也不需要被无知之人长时间前说过的话所束缚的自由智慧。
罗素
英国哲学家
The secret of happiness is to expand your interests as much as possible and to be as kind as possible to the people and things that interest you.
幸福的秘诀是：尽量扩大你的兴趣，对感兴趣的人和物尽可能友善。
罗素
英国哲学家
人生来无知，而不是愚蠢；他们是通过教育而变得愚蠢的。
Men are born ignorant， not stupid； they are made stupid by education.
罗素
英国哲学家
恐惧是迷信的主要根源之一，也是残忍的主要根源之一。征服恐惧是智慧的开始，无论是在追求真理还是在追求高尚生活方式的过程中。
Fear is the main source of superstition， and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom， in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.
罗素
英国哲学家
幸福的秘诀是面对这个世界很可怕的事实。
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
罗素
英国哲学家
有人说人是理性的动物。我一生都在寻找可以支持这一说法的证据。
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
罗素
英国哲学家
