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The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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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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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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