Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
From Bertrand Russell
The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours.
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
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.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
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