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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLWe 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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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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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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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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