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Bertrand Russell on Happiness

1872–1970

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5 quotes

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935)

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Sceptical Essays (1928)

The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

New Hopes for a Changing World (1951)

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

The Conquest of Happiness (1930)

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