Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
BERTRAND RUSSELLFreedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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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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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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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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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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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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