Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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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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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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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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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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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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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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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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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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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