“When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.”

British philosopher and logician of the early 20th century, Russell is best known for pioneering formal logic and his influential work in analytic philosophy. His writings on ethics, politics, and the dangers of war—particularly his 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance speech—remain widely cited for their clarity and moral urgency.