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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.

Bertrand Russell

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man 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
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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Believe Ourselves Philosophy Quite True
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
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
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
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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Endurance Patience People Relationship
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
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Deep Philosophy Try Yourself
The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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Deep Happiness Secret World
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Greatness Problem Science Thinking
There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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Beginning Ideas Philosophy Reason World
In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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Healthy Philosophy
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself

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