Bertrand Russell Quotes About Accidents

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Bertrand Russell Quotes About Accidents

You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes; it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years.

Bertrand Russell

Science, Men, Years

  

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Bertrand Russell

Humanity, Growth, Fear Of Love

  

Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

Ignorance, Knowledge, Right Conduct

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Marriage and Morals”, p.58, Routledge

  

The world in which we live can be understood as a result of muddle and accident; but if it is the outcome of deliberate purpose, the purpose must have been that of a fiend. For my part, I find accident a less painful and more plausible hypothesis.

Bertrand Russell

Religion, Purpose, World

Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

  

All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.

Bertrand Russell

Innovation, Enabling, Serious

Bertrand Russell (2004). “In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays”, p.74, Psychology Press