Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
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 can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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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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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Sin is geographical.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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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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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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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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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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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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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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