A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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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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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Sin is geographical.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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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.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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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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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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