Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAnything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Sin is geographical.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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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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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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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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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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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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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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