Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ― Bertrand Russell

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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. ― Bertrand Russell

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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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A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. ― Bertrand Russell

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To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it. ― Bertrand Russell

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You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. - Cornel West

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One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions.

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Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me.

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When some folks agree with my opinions I begin to suspect I'm wrong.

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

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