When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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More Quotes from Bertrand Russell
Do not feel certain of anything.
The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.
