Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
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.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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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 would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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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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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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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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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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