I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Sin is geographical.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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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 fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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