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tombstone men alive
All's well that ends well; which is the epitaph I should put on my tombstone if I were the last man left alive. Bertrand Russell
thinking mind may
A logical theory may be tested by its capacity for dealing with puzzles, and it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science.
truth trying ifs
Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
truth men safe
When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.
thinking atheism science-and-religion
Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.
time prejudice authority
What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.
thinking religion trying
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
truth believe men
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
time truth thinking
A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
travel adventure cohesion
A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.
thinking spirit socialism
I don't like the spirit of socialism - I think freedom is the basis of everything.
thinking belief certain
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
taken people gossip
The widespread interest in gossip is inspired, not by a love of knowledge but by malice: no one gossips about other people's secret virtues, but only about their secret vices. Accordingly most gossip is untrue, but care is taken not to verify it. Our neighbour's sins, like the consolations of religion, are so agreeable that we do not stop to scrutinise the evidence closely.
two america important
It is likely that America will be more important during the next century or two, but after that it may well be the turn of China.
teacher believe men
No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.
thinking color common-sense
The painter has to unlearn the habit of thinking that things seem to have the color which common sense says they 'really' have, and to learn the habit of seeing things as they appear.
teacher teaching important
More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given
thinking fool paradise
Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.
thinking doubt-and-certainty essentials
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
teacher artist creative
The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an inner creative impulse, not dominated and fettered by an outside authority.
two religion wish
We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith." We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round. We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence. The substitution of emotion for evidence is apt to lead to strife, since different groups, substitute different emotions.
talking justice racism
When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers. Benjamin Crump
thinking journalist wanted
I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist. Benjamin Booker
taken justice decision
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom. Benjamin Cardozo
taken justice storm
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.
trust trust-others corporatism
It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better. Benito Mussolini
two rags flags
For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters.
thinking violence moral
You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.
tired order people
People are tired of liberty. They have had a surfeit of it. Liberty is no longer a chaste and austere virgin.... Today's youth are moved by other slogans...Order, Hierarchy, Discipline.
tired men evil
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
thinking racist knows
I have been a racist since 1921. I don't know how they can think I'm imitating Hitler,
two gentleman consideration
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman. Benjamin Disraeli
time waste eternity
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.