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

Bertrand Russell

The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
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Energy Fundamental Power Science
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
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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Healthy Philosophy
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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Intelligence Prepare Present
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Death Deep People Philosophy Thinking
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Forget Humanity Remember Yourself
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Danger Man Myself Religion
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Deep Freedom Philosophy
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
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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Deep Feeling Man Tragedy Writing
I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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Believe Feeling Myself Person Philosophy
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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Act Fear Greatness Human Man Trust

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