Russell explained the true meaning of war very clearly. The winner is king and the loser is the enemy. That's it. Churchill also said something similar to him: history is written by those winners. So right or wrong, the war itself is a fault, and the people who started it are even more hateful. This sentence is actually very applicable in everyone's daily life. In the workplace, no one will care if you are right or wrong. People with higher positions are more popular than you. So many entrepreneurs and successful people in these societies will sell out their books in an instant, and those ordinary people will disappear in the tide forever.
The second sentence: beggars will never envy those rich people, only those who want more than him.
Russell's words tell us that in fact, each of us will hate people who are a little better than us. Those you can never surpass, on the contrary, you are not jealous, but full of worship. Just like doing a part-time job, others earn 500 yuan more than you. After you know it, you are secretly unhappy, but your company boss earns much more than your colleagues, but you regard him as an idol. Human beings have a strong inferiority complex, and cowardice and belligerence are deeply hidden in it.
So I warn you, what we need to do is not to envy others, which will have a great impact on your life pattern, limit your vision, and let you be left behind forever. Never compare people who are worse than you, it will only make you worse and worse.
The third sentence: I will never die for my beliefs, even if those beliefs are right.
Nothing in the world is static. The truth you believe today may be overthrown tomorrow. Just like Heliocentrism and geocentric theory, one day in the future, you will suddenly find that the sun is not the center of the universe. Ensuring life is the premise of realizing one's ideal, and there is no need to cling to one thing. If one day you fall down, don't give up on yourself and change your direction, maybe you will find a new dawn.
The above are three classic sentences that Russell summed up for everyone. In fact, Russell also said many philosophical words, such as "there is a problem in the world, smart people are always full of doubts, while fools are full of doubts" and so on. These words will point out the direction for our life, so that you will no longer be confused, but more need our own understanding and experience.