Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLEverything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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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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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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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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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped, but never as bad as you feared.
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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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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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