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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.

Bertrand Russell

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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Beginning Ideas Philosophy Reason World
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Sin is geographical.
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One Liner Place Sin
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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Believe Important Oneself
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Evidence Goodness Savage
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Death Happiness Love True
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Danger Man Myself Religion
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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Healthy Philosophy
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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Himself Man Marriage Woman
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
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Imagination Knowledge Limitation Science
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Believe Deep Nation Virtue
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Deep Life Ourselves Way

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