I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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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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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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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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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 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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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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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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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Sin is geographical.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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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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