A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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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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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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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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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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