Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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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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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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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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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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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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