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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.

Bertrand Russell

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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Greatness Happiness Live Quiet True
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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Doubt Fundamental Intelligence World
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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Deep Fear Mankind Problem Sin
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Angry Leave People Philosophy
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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People Secret Virtue
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Evidence Goodness Savage
We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Deep Habit Life Love Ourselves
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Desire Ourselves Passion Power Respect
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
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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Doubt Existence God Myself Religion Thinking
It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Easy Fall In Love Relationship
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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Decision Deep Philosophy
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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Believe Food Goodness Honesty Live Myself People Sex Word
Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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End Let Go Life
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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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
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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Desire Happiness People Philosophy World

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