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 RUSSELLSometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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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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The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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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.
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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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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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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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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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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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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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