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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time
The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Energy Fundamental Power Science
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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Believe Feeling Myself Person Philosophy
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World
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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Knowledge Life Love Passion Search Simplicity Strong Suffering
Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Fear Goodness Hope Writing Yourself
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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Deep Fear Hands Religion
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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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Deep Politics Truth
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy

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