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Bertrand Russell quotes on happiness

3 verified English passages where Bertrand Russell’ s thought meets questions of happiness.

Bertrand Russell on happiness

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) approaches happiness within analytic philosophy. His theory of descriptions clarified reference; with Whitehead he pursued logicism, the view that mathematics rests on logic. Systematically, the teaching links logic, mathematics, knowledge, peace into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets happiness most directly—useful for searches such as “bertrand russell quotes on happiness.”

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  1. The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions…be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
    Q0097
    The Conquest of Happiness
  2. Next to worry, probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.
    Q0122
    The Conquest of Happiness, Ch. 6
  3. Envy is itself a terrible obstacle to happiness.