Bertrand Russell Quotes About Holiday

• If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

  Bertrand Russell

  Christmas, Work, Holiday

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5

• One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his or her work important.

  Bertrand Russell

  Work, Holiday, Men

  'The Conquest of Happiness' (1930) ch. 5

• I used, when I was younger, to take my holidays walking. I would cover 25 miles a day, and when the evening came I had no need of anything to keep me from boredom, since the delight of sitting amply sufficed.

  Bertrand Russell

  Holiday, Boredom, Needs

  Bertrand Russell (1971). “Bertrand Russell's best: silhouettes in satire”, Allen & Unwin

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