Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
BERTRAND RUSSELLWe love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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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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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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