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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.



The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.



There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.



Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love



So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.



By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual



Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the gradual loss of belief, but when the process was completed, I found to my surprise that I was quite glad to be done with the whole subject



Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.



Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race



Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly



Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.



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



Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.



Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit.



Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.







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