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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.

Bertrand Russell

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Angry Energy Philosophy Waste
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
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
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Believe Death Myself Wrong
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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Intelligence Prepare Present
So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Intelligence Myself Religious Remember
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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Doubt Fundamental Intelligence World
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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Born Hope Misery
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Fear Mad Philosophy
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Happiness Life Live Myself Satisfaction Worth
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
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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Himself Man Marriage Woman
To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing

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