Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
BERTRAND RUSSELLRemember your humanity, and forget the rest.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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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.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Sin is geographical.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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