Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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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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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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