I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
BERTRAND RUSSELLSo far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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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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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So far as I can remember there is not one word in the gospels in praise of intelligence.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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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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Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Sin is geographical.
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?
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