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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.

Bertrand Russell

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
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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Desire Happiness People Philosophy World
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Believe Ourselves Philosophy Quite True
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
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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Deep Fear Hands Religion
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Danger Man Myself Religion
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Believe Fundamental Honesty Integrity Myself Philosophy Thinking Yourself
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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Energy Fundamental Power Science
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself

So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.

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