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Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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The man who is unhappy will, as a rule, adopt an unhappy creed, while the man who is happy will adopt a happy creed each may attribute his happiness or unhappiness to his beliefs, while the real causation is the other way round.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Moral indignation is one of the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as it can always be diverted to sinister uses by those who control propaganda.
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Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.
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The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.
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A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
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A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value.
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