Bertrand Russell

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#love #life

War does not determine who is right - only who is left. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#religion #religion

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. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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