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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.

Bertrand Russell

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
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Believe Fundamental Honesty Integrity Myself Philosophy Thinking Yourself
Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Greatness Happiness Human Mental Obstacle
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Death Kill Patriotism Talk
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Imagination Knowledge Limitation Science
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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Believe Food Goodness Honesty Live Myself People Sex Word
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 only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Comfortable Man Philosophy
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
No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Believe Deep Nation Virtue
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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Believe Death Myself Wrong
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
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Believe Death Deep Myself

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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