 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
I used to think that when I reached old age I would retire from the world and live a life of elegant culture, reading all the great books that I ought to have read at an earlier date. Perhaps it was, in any case, an idle dream. A long habit of work with some purpose that one believes important is difficult to break, ... . However that might have been, I find it impossible to ignore what is happening.
Source： The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.3: Trafalgar Square, p.134.
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Bertrand Russell has fans all over the world. Accordingly, Russell was frequently approached by people from all over the world who wanted to hear his views and to have his support. In his youth, Russell had hoped that ‘when I reach old age, I will retire from the world and lead an elegant cultural life, reading all the great books I should have read in my youth’, but this was an unfulfilled dream. Russell could not afford to ignore or appropriate those who depended on him, even complete strangers.
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