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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.

Bertrand Russell

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
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
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
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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Goodness Inspirational Knowledge Life
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
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
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
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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Effort Greatness Happiness People Philosophy
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
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
The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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Friendship Happiness Philosophy Secret Yourself

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