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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.

Bertrand Russell

A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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Company Happiness Life Love
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
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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Enemy Quite Religion World
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
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
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
The 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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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Evidence Goodness Savage
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Existence Freedom Opinion Secure
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Deep Philosophy Try Yourself
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
Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Doubt Knowledge Philosophy World

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