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Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell

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"Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it." Morality 4.0 avg (2 votes)
"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." Money 4.0 avg (1 votes)
"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this." Intelligence 3.9 avg (7 votes)
"Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines." Philosophy 3.7 avg (3 votes)
"So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence." Christianity 3.5 avg (12 votes)
"Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change." Happiness 3.3 avg (3 votes)
"The puritanism of Christianity has played havoc with the moderation that an enlightened and tolerant critical spirit would have produced. I've noticed that in whatever country, county, town, or other region there is a regulation enjoining temperance, the population seems to be entirely composed of teetotallers and drunkards. There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote." Christianity 3.0 avg (3 votes)


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