Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
BERTRAND RUSSELLEven if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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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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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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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 hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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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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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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