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

Bertrand Russell in Unpopular Essays - Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1950)
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Bertrand Russell in Unpopular Essays - Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1950)
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