Bertrand Russell

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"Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind."	Miscellaneous
"Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind."	Quotations
"Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time."	Miscellaneous
"Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time."	Quotations
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."	Success, Ignorance
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."	God, Stupidity
"There is much pleasure ot be gained from useless knowledge."	Knowledge
"Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination."	Science
"Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position."	God, Teaching
"There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action."	Government
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