Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSo far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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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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There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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