Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThis has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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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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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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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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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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