None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThose who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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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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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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