by Bertrand Russell
- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
- Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
- Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
- When you meet with opposition, even if it is from your family, endeavour to overcome it with 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.
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do, the opinions will suppress you.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than 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 is happiness.
-- from “Reflections on Ethics”
伯特蘭德.羅素：自由思想十誡：
一、凡事不要抱絕對肯定的態(tài)度；
二、不要試圖隱瞞證據(jù)，因為證據(jù)最終會被暴露；
三、不要害怕思考，因為思考總能讓人有所補益；
四、有人與你意見相左時，應該用爭論去說服他們，而不是用權威去征服，因為靠權威取得的勝利是虛幻而自欺欺人的；
五、不用盲目地崇拜任何權威，因為你總能找到相反的權威；
六、不要用權力去壓制你認為有害的意見，因為如果你采取壓制，其實只說明你自己受到了這些意見的壓制；
七、不要為自己持獨特看法而感到害怕，因為我們現(xiàn)在所接受的常識都曾是獨特看法；
八、與其被動地同意別人的看法，不如理智地表示反對，因為如果你信自己的智慧，那么你的異議正表明了更多的贊同；
九、即使真相并不令人愉快，也一定要做到誠實，因為掩蓋真相往往要費更大力氣；
十、不要嫉妒那些在蠢人的天堂里享受幸福的人，因為只有蠢人才以為那是幸福。
by Bertrand Russell
- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
- Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
- Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
- When you meet with opposition, even if it is from your family, endeavour to overcome it with 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.
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do, the opinions will suppress you.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than 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 is happiness.
-- from “Reflections on Ethics”
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