"The interaction of genetic and external influences makes my behaviour unpredictable, but not undetermined. In the gap between those words lies freedom."

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More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is no reason for kindly behaviour, the results may be needlessly unfortunate. That is why it is important to show that no supernatural reasons are needed to make [people] kind and to prove that only through kindness can the human race achieve happiness.

— Bertrand Russell