Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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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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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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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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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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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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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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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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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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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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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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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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