Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt 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.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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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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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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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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