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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

Bertrand Russell

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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Believe Food Goodness Honesty Live Myself People Sex Word
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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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Burn Hard Learning Let Go Life
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Intelligence Myself Religious Remember
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy
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
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
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
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
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
Sin is geographical.
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One Liner Place Sin
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality

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