Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLove is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Sin is geographical.
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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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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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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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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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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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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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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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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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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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