Bertrand Russell Quotes about Envy

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Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.

Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.

Bertrand Russell

Envy, Causes, Unhappiness

"The Conquest of Happiness".

Envy, in fact, is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations.

Bertrand Russell

Envy, Desire, May

"The Conquest of Happiness".

Envy is the basis of democracy.

Bertrand Russell

Envy, Democracy, Bases

Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 6

Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

Bertrand Russell

Successful, Envy, Millionaire

Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.51, Lulu Press, Inc

A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness.

Bertrand Russell

People, Envy, May

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Authority and the Individual”, p.8, Routledge