~ Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man. ~  ~ Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness ~ ~ Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. ~ ~ The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. ~ ~ There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. ~ ~ Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. ~ ~ Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. ~ ~ The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible ~ ~ Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of he main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ~ ~ Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. ~ ~ Drunkenness is temporary suicide. ~ ~ Drunkenness is temporary suicide. ~ ~ To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do ~ ~ 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 ~ ~ 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. ~ |
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