How to Go From the Pits of Depression to Conquering Happiness
As a young man, Bertrand Russell felt so down he almost committed suicide. He went on to win the Nobel Prize.
“Animals are happy so long as they have health and enough to eat. Human beings, one feels, ought to be, but in the modern world they are not, at least in a great majority of cases.” — Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell had a very unhappy childhood. From early on, it was marked by death. When Bertrand was very little both his parents died early on, as did his older sister. He was passed into the care of his maternal grandparents. However, just a short time later, his grandfather passed away as well.
The young Bertrand Russell was then left to be raised by his strict, religious and authoritarian grandmother. Growing up, he was very lonely and often contemplated suicide.
Yet this man, who at the beginning of his life was constantly on the verge of depression and despair, learned how to be happy. He discovered ways to control his own mind.
This allowed him to go on doing great things, including winning the Nobel Prize in Literature…
