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Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

Isaac Asimov

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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Excitement Life Philosophy Seek
There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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End Happiness History
Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
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Blame Deep Emotion Human Kind Pain Reason
The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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Change Escape Existence Future Hope Injustice Potential Worst
So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.
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Belief Better Quite Thinking Universe Yourself
There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.
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Humanity Nation Philosophy Right Understand
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.
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To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.
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Discover Philosophy Universe Way
He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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Believe Easy Freedom Growth Liberty Photograph Rich Society
At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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Fear Hold Past Time
I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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Believe Boredom Fear Heaven Hell Life Myself Thinking
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Deep Friendship Victim
All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
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Deep Knowledge Philosophy Understand Yourself
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Deep Delight True Wisdom
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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