The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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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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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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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.
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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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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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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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