Quote by Bertrand Russell
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. – Bertrand Russell

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I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe – because, like Spinozas God, it wont love us in return. – Bertrand Russell

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God
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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance. – Bertrand Russell

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Evolution
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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. – Bertrand Russell

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great
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Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Ignorance is a right! Education is eroding one of the few democratic freedoms remaining to us. – Christopher Andrea

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Ignorance

Genuine ignorance is… profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. – John Dewey

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Ignorance

The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. – Aldous Huxley

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Success is a science if you have the conditions, you get the result. – Oscar Wilde

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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. – Aristotle

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There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. – John Ciardi

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Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. – Richard Kline

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