Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSo far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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It seems to me fundamental dishonesty, and a fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity to hold a belief because you think it’s useful and not because you think it’s true.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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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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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
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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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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
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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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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.
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Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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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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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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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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