The Path to Happiness (Illustrated Edition)

Author: [British] Bertrand Russell
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Einstein once said, "Reading Russell's works has been one of the happiest times in my life." Animals are happy and content as long as they are not sick and have enough food. People should be the same; yet reality is not like that, at least not most of the time. If you are unlucky, you may admit that you are not an exception in this regard. If you are happy, ask yourself how many of your friends are happy. Although the forms of misfortune are varied, it is not difficult to find that it is everywhere. This book is not written for experts, nor for those who treat real-life problems as mere idle talk. In the following chapters, you will not find profound philosophical principles or difficult scholarly reflections. My purpose is merely to collect some arguments here through the insights of what I hope are ordinary things. All the little tips I advocate and provide to readers are derived from my experiences and observations, and they have increased my happiness whenever I follow them. For this reason, I dare to hope that the many men and women who suffer from misfortune and do not enjoy happiness can diagnose their symptoms and find ways to get rid of them. I believe that through the efforts I have made in this book, many unhappy people will become happy and sweet.