“I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”
— Bertrand Russell
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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.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.”
— Bertrand Russell
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