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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

Bertrand Russell

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
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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Greatness Happiness Live Quiet True
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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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
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
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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Believe Food Goodness Honesty Live Myself People Sex Word
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time
Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Deep Existence Language Possible
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
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
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
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
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
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
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Satisfaction

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