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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act human

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. – Bertrand Russell

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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic. – Bertrand Russell

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Math
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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one. – Bertrand Russell

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Courage
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. – Bertrand Russell

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Fear
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I dont run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. – Nadia Comaneci

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There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him. – Henry Miller

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Fear

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. – Epicurus

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Fear

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. Its the sprint. The marathon is hope. – Mike Huckabee

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Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. – Elie Wiesel

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It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans. – Robert Lynd

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One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. – Robert Morgan

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James

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