“ A too powerful ego is a prison from which a man must escape if he is to enjoy the world to the full. ”
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness (1930). copy citation
| Author | Bertrand Russell |
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| Source | The Conquest of Happiness |
| Topic | ego prison |
| Date | 1930 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://russell-j.com/beginner/COH-TEXT.HTM |
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“Ambition which excludes affection from its purview is generally the result of some kind of anger or hatred against the human race, produced by unhappiness in youth, by injustices in later life, or by any of the causes which lead to persecution mania. A too powerful ego is a prison from which a man must escape if he is to enjoy the world to the full. A capacity for genuine affection is one of the marks of the man who has escaped from this prison of self. To receive affection is by no means enough; affection which is received should liberate the affection which is to be given, and only where both exist in equal measure does affection achieve its best possibilities.”
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