We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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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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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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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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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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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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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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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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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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