 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
A little work directed to a good end is better than a great deal of work directed to a bad end, though the apostles of the strenuous life seem to think otherwise.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930,chap. 15：Impersonal interests.
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Yesterday, NHK news reported the death of poet Shuntaro Tanikawa (note: son of philosopher Tetsuzo Tanikawa, the second president of the Bertrand Russell Society of Japan). Tanikawa Shuntaro's ‘achievements’ (activities) are negligible compared to Trump. One would like to say that ‘a little activity (work) directed towards a good purpose is better than a lot of activity directed towards a bad purpose’, but it is easy to imagine that Trump's supporters would not see it that way.
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