Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.
Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.
I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions.
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.
What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth
"There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed."
~Bertrand Russell
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