We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.
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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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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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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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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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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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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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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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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
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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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