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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and wom...more

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The power of reason is thought small in these days, but I remain an unrepentant rationalist. Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and work...more

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Travelling, whether in the mental or the physical world, is a joy, and it is good to know that, in the mental world at least, there are vast countries...more

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Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary,destructive ...more

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

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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.

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Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.

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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

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The life of Man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to r...more

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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are o...more

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Fear is the main source of superstition and one of the main sources of cruelty.

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All forms of fear produce fatigue.

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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.