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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.

Bertrand Russell

Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
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
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time
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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Deep Feeling Happiness Live
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
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 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 only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Fear Mad Philosophy
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
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Death Fear Life Love Philosophy
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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Feeling Imagination Ourselves Pain Time Understand
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
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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