 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Misers, whose absorption in means is pathological, are generally recognized to be unwise, but minor forms of the same malady are apt to receive undue commendation. Without some consciousness of ends, life becomes drab and dreary; in the end the need for excitement finds a worse outlet than it would otherwise have done, in war or cruelty or intrigue or some other destructive activity.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 3
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