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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

Bertrand Russell

Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way
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
The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Man Philosophy
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Happiness Hate People Person
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Angry Leave People Philosophy
Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Beautiful Mathematics Truth View
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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Deep Knowledge Philosophy
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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Believe Important Oneself
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Desire Ourselves Passion Power Respect

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