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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.

Bertrand Russell

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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Absence Animal Believe Man Philosophy Satisfaction
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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Believe Fundamental Honesty Integrity Myself Philosophy Thinking Yourself
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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Mistake Science
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
The use of self-control is like the use of brakes on the train. It is useful when you find yourself in the wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right.
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Control Direction Harm Wrong Yourself
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Crime Deep Life Philosophy Reality
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
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
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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Man Philosophy Search
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
Love is wise, hatred is foolish.
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Hate Love One Liner Wisdom
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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Knowledge Life Love Passion Search Simplicity Strong Suffering
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Angry Energy Philosophy Waste

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