The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
BERTRAND RUSSELLRemember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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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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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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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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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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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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