So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSin is geographical.
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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Sin is geographical.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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