What's the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and…

Bertrand Russell
649 citations
What's the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and a dull, stupid nineteen-year-old? Fourteen years of the British educational system.
Hope
31

More Author Quotes

HELL: A place where the police are German, the motorists French and the cooks English. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1993). The Quotable Bertrand Russell
My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1986). Bertrand Russell on God and Religion
My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race. I cannot, however, deny that it has made some contributions to … ▶
Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational. ✨ Unpopular Essays. Book by Bertrand Russell, Chapter 3: The Future of Mankind (p. 36), 1950.
The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1957). Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion a … ▶

What's the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and a dull, stupid nineteen-year-old? Fourteen years of the British educational system.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes