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…the proper cure is mental discipline, the habit of not thinking profitless thoughts…You can get away from envy by enjoying the pleasures that come your way, by doing the work that you have to do, and by avoiding comparisons with those whom you imagine, perhaps quite falsely, to be more fortunate than yourself.
- Bertrand Russell, 1930
- Bertrand Russell, 1930
