The victory of happiness | Bertrand Russell

Russell says about his book: "Animals are happy as long as they are healthy and have enough food, and although humans should be the same, they in our modern world are not happy at least in the majority of cases. So if you are not happy, you may agree with me that you are not the exception in that, but if you are happy, ask yourself how many of your friends are happy? It is clear that the psychological causes of misery are many and different, although they have common characteristics. The miserable person is the one who, if deprived of some natural pleasures in his youth, becomes to place more importance on these pleasures than anything else when he grows up. The happy person is the one who lives objectively, who has free emotions and broad interests, which make him a subject of interest and emotions from others. One of the strong causes of happiness is to be a recipient of love, for the person who receives love is the one who gives love. I wrote this book convinced that many of the unhappy can become happy through a good effort."