Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
BERTRAND RUSSELLExtreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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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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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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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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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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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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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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