 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The happiness that requires intoxication of no matter what sort is a spurious and unsatisfying kind. The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties, and the fullest realisation of the world in which we live.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.7:the sense of sin
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Russell is not saying that people are not truly happy when they are in a state of euphoria, but he argues that a state in which euphoria is essential for happiness cannot be said to be a state of happiness. However, when the days are unchanging and not happy, people tend to look for something exciting to happen to distract them. Politicians take advantage of these people (i.e. the public).
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