The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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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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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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One must care about a world one will not see.
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Sin is geographical.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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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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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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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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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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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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