Quote by Bertrand Russell
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. – Bertrand Russell

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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Fear
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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. – Bertrand Russell

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Death
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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. – Bertrand Russell

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work
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Other Quotes from
Adversity
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Let your joy scream across the pain. – Terri Guillemets

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Adversity

Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Adversity

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. – Robert Service

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Adversity

Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Adversity

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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. – Abdul Kalam

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Age

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. – Jenni Rivera

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positive

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. – Confucius

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Change

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. – George Eliot

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Love