Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted
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 a paradise in a few years
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong
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
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame
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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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
Human, All Too Human
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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