“We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things we don’t like.”
About This Quote
In 1959, Bertrand Russell, the Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, mathematician and peace activist was just short of his 87th birthday, when he gave wide-ranging interviews to the BBC and the CBC. In this capture Russell giving life lessons — lessons about critical thinking, love and tolerance — to a generation living 1,000 years in the future.
More from Bertrand Russell
“We know too much, and feel too little.”
“Love is wise – Hatred is foolish.”
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”