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

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree of certainty which the evidence warrants, would, if it became general, cure most of the ills from which the world is suffering. But at present, in most countries, education aims at preventing the growth of such a habit, and men who refuse to profess belief in some system of unfounded dogmas are not considered suitable as teachers of the young.

I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.