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.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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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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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Sin is geographical.
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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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