To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLove 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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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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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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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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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 hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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To 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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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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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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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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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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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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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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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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