Bertrand Russell Quotes About Ego

• One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

  Bertrand Russell

  Success, Work, Stress

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5

• I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation. Happiness is nonetheless true happiness because it must come to an end, nor do thought and love lose their value because they are not everlasting.

  Bertrand Russell

  Believe, Love Life, Ego

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “What I Believe”, p.22, Routledge

• One of the most interesting and harmful delusions to which men and nations can be subjected is that of imagining themselves special instruments of the Divine Will.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Interesting, Ego

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.146, Routledge

• I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.

  Bertrand Russell

  Believe, Ego, I Believe

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.348, Routledge

• The first step in wisdom, as well as in morality, is to open the windows of the ego as wide as possible.

  Bertrand Russell

  Wisdom, Ego, Firsts

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.666, Routledge

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