I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn’t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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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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Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
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No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
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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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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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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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Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
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Sin is geographical.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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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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