Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
BERTRAND RUSSELLConventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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One must care about a world one will not see.
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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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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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The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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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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The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.
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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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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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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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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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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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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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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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