The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNever try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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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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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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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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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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