There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI 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.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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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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Sin is geographical.
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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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