Bertrand Russell Quotes about Progress

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Change is one thing, progress is another.

Change is one thing, progress is another.

Bertrand Russell

Progress, One Thing

Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.396, Psychology Press

All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public opposition.

Bertrand Russell

Historical, Progress, Important

The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress.

Bertrand Russell

Progress, Chiefs, Intellect

Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam (2000). “Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22”, p.197, Psychology Press

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

Bertrand Russell

Science, Men, Progress

Bertrand Russell (1985). “Contemplation and Action, 1902-14”, p.171, Psychology Press

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy, Addiction, Progress

Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.28, Psychology Press

It is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, ‘progress’ would become mechanical and trivial.

Bertrand Russell

Men, Imagination, Progress

Bertrand Russell (2014). “On Education”, p.23, Routledge

Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural.

Bertrand Russell

Intellectual, Progress, Adequate

Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I am not a Christian, and other essays on religion and related subjects”, Touchstone

I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.

Bertrand Russell

Small Numbers, Progress, Age

Bertrand Russell (2004). “In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays”, p.112, Psychology Press

The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress.

Bertrand Russell

Two, Justice, Progress

"Marriage and Morals". Book by Bertrand Russell, Ch. 20, p. 301, en.wikiquote.org. Marriage and Morals.

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy.

Bertrand Russell

Progress, Moral, Protest

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Authority and the Individual”, p.30, Routledge

One who believes, as I do, that the free intellect is the chief engine of human progress, cannot but be fundamentally opposed to Bolshevism, as much as to the Church of Rome.

Bertrand Russell

Believe, Rome, Progress

Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam (2000). “Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22”, p.197, Psychology Press