WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76910/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Bertrand Russell</b></a></p><blockquote>The root of the trouble springs from too much emphasis upon competitive success as the main source of happiness. I do not deny that the feeling of success makes it easier to enjoy life. A painter, let us say, who has been obscure throughout his youth, is likely to become happier if his talent wins recognition. Nor do I deny that money, up to a certain point, is very capable of increasing happiness; beyond that point, I do not think it does so. What I do maintain is that success can only be one ingredient in happiness, and is too dearly purchased if all the other ingredients have been sacrificed to obtain it.</blockquote><p><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 1, ch. 3 “Competition” (1930)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76910/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/russell-bertrand/769…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bertrandrussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bertrandrussell</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=happiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>happiness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=recognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recognition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=success" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>success</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=worklifebalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worklifebalance</span></a></p>