I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

—Bertrand Russell

About Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English mathematician, philosopher, and social critic.

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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

—Bertrand Russell

This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

—Bertrand Russell

There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

—Bertrand Russell

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

To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be avoided at all costs. Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

—Bertrand Russell

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Man is what he believes.

—Anton Chekhov

What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us-what convictions, what courage, what faith-win or lose. A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principal can.

—Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project

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With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

—Japanese proverb

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