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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLove 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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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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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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I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Sin is geographical.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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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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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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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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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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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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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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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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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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