Bertrand Russels dekalog

Lite visdomar en grå måndag kan nog vara nyttigt. Vi simmar alla i en ocean av dumhet. Som livbojar kanske dessa tio stycken budord från Bertrand Russel kan hjälpa.


Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.


Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.

When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavour to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.



Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent that in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.

Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.