 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
At all times, a man should feel that there are matters of importance for which he lives, and that his death, or the death of wife or child, does not put an end to all that interests him in the world. If this attitude is to be genuine and profound in adult life, it is necessary that, in adolescence, a youth should be fired with generous enthusiasms, and that he should build his life and career about them.
Source: In Praise of Idleness, and Other Essays, 1935, chapter 13: Stoicism and Mental Health, p.218 (= G. Allen & Unwin ed.)
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