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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLPatriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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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 fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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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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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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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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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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