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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLTo like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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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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One must care about a world one will not see.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
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Sin is geographical.
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Love can flourish only as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought of duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him of her.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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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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