“ Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile. ”
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness (1930). copy citation
Author | Bertrand Russell |
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Source | The Conquest of Happiness |
Topic | indecision |
Date | 1930 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://russell-j.com/beginner/COH-TEXT.HTM |
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“When a difficult or worrying decision has to be reached, as soon as all the data are available, give the matter your best thought and make your decision; having made the decision, do not revise it unless some new fact comes to your knowledge. Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
A great many worries can be diminished by realising the unimportance of the matter which is causing the anxiety. I have done in my time a considerable amount of public speaking; at first every audience terrified me, and nervousness made me speak very badly;”
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