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Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Your writing is never as good as you hoped but never as bad as you feared.
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I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in.
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That which exists through itself is called The Eternal. The Eternal has neither name nor shape. It is the one essence, the one primal spirit. Essence and life cannot be seen. They are contained in the light of heaven. The light of heaven cannot be seen. It is contained in the two eyes.
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As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.
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Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are concerned.
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The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.
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Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].
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The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.
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To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it.
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Mathematics is only the art of saying the same thing in different words.
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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
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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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