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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

Bertrand Russell

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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Man Night Purpose Thinking Wisdom
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Born Education Man Stupidity
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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Believe Deep Willing
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
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Yourself
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
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Danger Man Myself Religion
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
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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Burn Hard Learning Let Go Life
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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Greatness Happiness Live Quiet True
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
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Greatness Learning Philosophy Time
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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Deep Fear Hands Religion
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
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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Success Thinking Try
I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
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Book Hate Reading
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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Fear Mad Philosophy

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