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Thinking Quotes - Page 1300

Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear.

Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.66, Routledge

What we cannot think we cannot think, therefore we also cannot say what we cannot think.

Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Bernd Frohmann (1988). “Essays on language, mind, and matter, 1919-26”, Allen & Unwin Australia

None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.

Benjamin Whichcote (1753). “Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter”, p.95

'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin .. Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Litarary, and Political Subjects: Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790; Illustrating the Memoirs of His Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of His Political Transactions and Negociations. Now First Published from the Originals”, p.250