Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, sinc
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Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
The point of philosophy is to start with somethin
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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
We have two kinds of morality side by side:
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We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach.
Those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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Those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Those who in principle oppose birth control are e
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Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favor of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of human life.
Not... what opinions are held, but... how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, [liberal] opinions are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be kill
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
War does not determine who is right - only who is
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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
It is preoccupation with possession, more than an
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It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Philosophers, for the most part, are constitution
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Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines.
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I ta
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I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.
To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet withou
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To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country a
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
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