Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNeither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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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.
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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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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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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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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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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Sin is geographical.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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