Sin is geographical.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMachines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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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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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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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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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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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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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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