One must care about a world one will not see.
BERTRAND RUSSELLBoredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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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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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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