No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIf there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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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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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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