The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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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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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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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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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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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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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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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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