The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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.
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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
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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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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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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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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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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.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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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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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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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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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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