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Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
'Change' is scientific, 'progress' is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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 (1872 - 1970), "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism"

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The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
But all who are not lunitics are agreed about certain things: That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than to be a slave. Many people desire these things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can be refuted by science: Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), from the essay "The Science to Save Us From Science"

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