 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.5: Fatigue
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What Russell is referring to here as ‘something that transcends the self’ is not a monotheistic ‘god’ (such as Jesus in Christianity). As in Einstein's case, it is a cosmic religious sentiment. In view of the vastness of the universe, a human being is like a tiny speck of dust, but it is a wonder that such a tiny person can even imagine this vast universe... and so on.
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