Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLEvery man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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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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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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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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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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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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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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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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I 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.
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