Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Sin is geographical.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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.
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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 be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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