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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.

Bertrand Russell

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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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Kill Patriotism Willing
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Absence Animal Believe Man Philosophy Satisfaction
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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Intelligence Prepare Present
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
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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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Energy Fundamental Power Science
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
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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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust
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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Happiness Life Live Myself Satisfaction Worth
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
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Endurance Patience People Relationship
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Knowledge Life Love Passion Search Simplicity Strong Suffering
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
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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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing

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