 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The wise man, though he will not sit down under preventable misfortunes, will not waste time and emotion upon such as are unavoidable, and even such as are in themselves avoidable he will submit to if the time and labour required to avoid them would interfere with the pursuit of some more important object.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap. 16：Effort and resignation
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Human life expectancy varies considerably from person to person. However, if we look at the time scale of human history and the history of the Earth, it can be said that the duration of human existence is short and there is not much difference between a long life and a short life. In this light, the time given to each individual should not be wasted, but used in a meaningful way ‘in one's own way’
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