Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLRemember your humanity, and forget the rest.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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 hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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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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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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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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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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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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