Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
BERTRAND RUSSELLFear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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Sin is geographical.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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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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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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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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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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