Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMan 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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The secret of happiness is very simple: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
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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.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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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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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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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.
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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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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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