A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
BERTRAND RUSSELLDogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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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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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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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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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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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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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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