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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.

Bertrand Russell

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Deep Intelligence World
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Absence Animal Believe Man Philosophy Satisfaction
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Healing Mankind Philosophy
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Desire Ourselves Passion Power Respect
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Endurance Philosophy Willing World
Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
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
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
And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Oneself Virtue
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Acceptance Be Yourself Deep Fear
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Believe Death Deep Myself

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.

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