Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
BERTRAND RUSSELLPhilosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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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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One must care about a world one will not see.
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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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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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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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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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