One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
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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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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.
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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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Sin is geographical.
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
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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.
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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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Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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