To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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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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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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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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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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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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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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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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