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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

Bertrand Russell

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Believe Ourselves Philosophy Quite True
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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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Healthy Philosophy
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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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
Sin is geographical.
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One Liner Place Sin
It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Believe Fundamental Honesty Integrity Myself Philosophy Thinking Yourself
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Death Happiness Love True
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Acceptance Be Yourself Deep Fear
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Easy Fall In Love Relationship
To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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Effort Greatness Happiness People Philosophy
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Greatness Problem Science Thinking

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