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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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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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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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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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There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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