To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Topics: Elderly Quotes, Happiness Quotes

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin --...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope...

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it...

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it...

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our...

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our...