Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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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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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.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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Sin is geographical.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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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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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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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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