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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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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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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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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 greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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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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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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