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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Bertrand Russell

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
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Happiness Man Philosophy
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Death Fear Life Love Philosophy
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
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Danger Man Myself Religion
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy Science Yourself
A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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Desire Intelligence Man
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Myself Philosophy Thinking
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Doubt Fundamental Intelligence World
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
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
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Enemy Quite Religion World
I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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Believe Feeling Myself Person Philosophy
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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Doubt Problem Wisdom World
Language serves not only to express thought but to make possible thoughts that could not exist without it.
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Deep Existence Language Possible
It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Easy Fall In Love Relationship
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Desire Ourselves Passion Power Respect
Love is something far more than the desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
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Desire Live Lonely Love Man Philosophy Sex Woman

Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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