Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLanguage serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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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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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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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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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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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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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
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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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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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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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 search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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