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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.

Bertrand Russell

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
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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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
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
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Deep Philosophy Try Yourself
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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Animal Evidence Life Man Myself Philosophy Search Support
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 Hate Kill Love Philosophy Relationship
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
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
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
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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Desire Live Lonely Love Man Philosophy Sex Woman
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Death Fear Life Love Philosophy
There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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Beginning Ideas Philosophy Reason World

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