One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI 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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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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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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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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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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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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