Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIf 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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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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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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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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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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In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
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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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