"I am as firmly convinced that religions do……" — Bertrand Russell
"I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to…
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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan…
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If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done…
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without…
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
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Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down…
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I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel,…
— Michele Bachmann
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or…
— Abigail Adams
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I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it…
— Toni Cade Bambara
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It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It…
— Albert Barnes
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The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear…
— Ambrose Bierce
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When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.
— Scipio Africanus
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