I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
BERTRAND RUSSELLA 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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Sin is geographical.
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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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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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