Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell Quotes 366

The kind that makes for happiness is the kind that likes to observe people and finds pleasure in their individual traits, that wishes to afford scope for the interests and pleasures of those with whom it is brought into contact without desiring to acquire power over them or to secure their enthusiastic admiration.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.10: Is Happiness still possible?
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.10: Is Happiness still possible?
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People who seek or expect something in return are likely to be disappointed. But those who can find joy in giving to others and observing the people they come into contact with are happy people, says Russell.

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