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.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNo one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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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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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
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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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Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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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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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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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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