The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNot to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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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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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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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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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Sin is geographical.
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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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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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