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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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. ― Bertrand Russell

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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. ― Bertrand Russell

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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. ― Bertrand Russell

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

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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. ― Bertrand Russell

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. ― 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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