Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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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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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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If 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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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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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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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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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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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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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