No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAnything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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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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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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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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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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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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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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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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