To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOne of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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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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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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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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