1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2. Do not think it worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for
the evidence is sure to come to light.
3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your
husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority,
for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always
contrary authorities to be found.
6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if
you do the opinions will suppress you.
7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now
accepted was once eccentric.
8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement,
for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper
agreement than the latter.
9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it
is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's
paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
-Bertrand Russell, 1951
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