1951年，罗素说他会用这十条原则教育孩子，这是他所知道的对抗狂热和盲信最好的武器。
我想，不仅是孩子，我们每一个人都应当把这十诫常置心中。
- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. 凡事不要抱绝对肯定的态度。
- Do not think it worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. 不要试图继续隐瞒证据，因为证据最终会被暴露。
- Never discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed. 不要害怕思考，因为思考总能让人有所补益。
- When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your spouse or children, endeavour to overcome it by argument and not authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. 有人与你意见相左时，都应该努力用争论去说服他们，而不是用权威去征服，因为靠权威取得的胜利是虚幻而自欺欺人的。
- Have no respect for the authority of others as there are always contrary authorities to be found. 不用盲目地崇拜任何权威，因为你总能找到相反的权威。
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for, if you do, the opinions will suppress you.
不要用权力去压制你认为有害的意见，因为如果你采取压制，其实只说明你自己受到了这些意见的压制。- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. 不要为自己持独特看法而感到害怕，因为我们现在所接受的常识都曾是独特看法。
- 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.
与其被动地同意别人的看法，不如理智地表示反对，因为如果你信自己的智慧，那么你的异议正表明了更多的赞同；- Be scrupulously truthful, even when the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
即使真相并不令人愉快，也一定要做到诚实，因为掩盖真相往往要费更大力气；- Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think it is paradise.
不要嫉妒那些在蠢人的天堂里享受幸福的人，因为只有蠢人才以为那是天堂。——Bertrand Russell 伯特兰德.罗素