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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.

Bertrand Russell

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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Knowledge Life Love Passion Search Simplicity Strong Suffering
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Intelligence Myself Religious Remember
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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Believe Important Oneself
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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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
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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Angry Leave People Philosophy
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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Angry Energy Philosophy Waste
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
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
I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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Believe Feeling Myself Person Philosophy
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself

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