Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThree 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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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Sin is geographical.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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