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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
British author, mathematician, & philosopher [more author details]
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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "Dreams and Facts"
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
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Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness"
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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
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Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "On the Value of Scepticism"
It is obvious that 'obscenity' is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means 'anything that shocks the magistrate.'
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Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "Recrudescence of Puritanism"
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.
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Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays, 1961
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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.
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Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
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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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Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
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Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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