Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities
Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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