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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Bertrand Russell

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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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
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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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Greatness Problem Science Thinking
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Death Fear Life Love Philosophy
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust
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.
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Greatness Happiness Live Quiet True
One must care about a world one will not see.
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Deep Future Oneself See World
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy

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