Bertrand Arthur William Russell
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts
Sin is geographical
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities
Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias
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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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