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Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sin

Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. – Bertrand Russell

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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. – Bertrand Russell

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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. – Bertrand Russell

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Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. – William Hazlitt

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Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us. – Leona Lewis

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Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people dont choose what they want they choose what they think is safe. – Phil McGraw

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. – C. S. Lewis

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