No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find excuses for pain and misery.


The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell: A fresh look at empiricism, 1927-42 (G. Allen & Unwin, 1996), p. 217.

Bertrand Russell Quotes

No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find...

No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find...

No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find...

No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find...