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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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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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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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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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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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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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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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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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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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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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