I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAnd 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.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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Sin is geographical.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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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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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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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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