If we spent half an hour every day in silent immobility, I am convinced that we should conduct all our affairs, personal, national, and international, far more sanely than we do at present.

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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.

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My first advice (on how not to grow old) would be to choose you ancestors carefully.

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To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

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If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.

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

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None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.

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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

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The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.

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