Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNever try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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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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Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
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We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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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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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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