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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLEven if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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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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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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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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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