Bertrand Russell Merit Quotations

To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be avoided at all costs. Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter is capable of being denied without absurdity.

Frege has the merit of ... finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical.