I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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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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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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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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