"I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of……" — Bertrand Russell
"I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious."
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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 new school of art and thought does indeed wear an air of audacity, and breaks out everywhere into blasphemies,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on…
— Therese of Lisieux
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You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances…
— Jean-Pierre de Caussade
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Religions, themselves, are (intellectual) blasphemies.
— Kedar Joshi
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I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and…
— H P Lovecraft
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All great truths begin as blasphemies.
— George Bernard Shaw
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The most important truths always appear first as blasphemies or obscenities. That's why every great innovator is persecuted. And the…
— Robert Anton Wilson
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What are the two of you whispering about?” Alaric demanded irritably. She glanced over to see the warrior watching her,…
— Maya Banks
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New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion,…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one…
— Wole Soyinka
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Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they…
— Bible
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