Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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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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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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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Sin is geographical.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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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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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present, very few people have reached this level.
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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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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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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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