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Some people would rather die than think.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can be an exceptionally good man.
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Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone reading his outburst of furious indignation against this opinion will be forced to the conclusion that he enjoyed inflicting floggings.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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I believe that the abolition of private ownership of land and capital is a necessary step toward any world in which the nations are to live at peace with one another.
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Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
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One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told I have not noticed it.
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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.
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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.
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A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.
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There was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle.
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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.
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Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural.
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Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
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Only in thought is man a God in action and desire we are the slaves of circumstance.
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I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.
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I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds.
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Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless.
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Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead.
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Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact.
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