The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
BERTRAND RUSSELLYour writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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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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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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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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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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