I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
BERTRAND RUSSELLA sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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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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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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Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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Sin is geographical.
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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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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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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The demand for certainty is one that is natural to man but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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