"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."
― Bertrand Russell
Topic(s):
Happiness
― Bertrand Russell
More From Bertrand Russell
- "Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century."
- "The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell."
- "The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men."
More In Happiness
- "True religion… is giving and finding one’s happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others."― William J. H. Boetcker
- "I’m passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin’ to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period."― Suge Knight
- "Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it."― Gustave Flaubert