This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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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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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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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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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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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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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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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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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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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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