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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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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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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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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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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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