The-Conquest-of-Happiness-by-Bertrand-Russell

something lacking in self-respect. No good was
ever done to anyone by the loss of self-respect.
The rational man will regard his own undesirable
acts as he regards those of others, as acts produced
by certain circumstances, and to be avoided either
by a fuller realisation that they are undesirable, or,
where this is possible, by avoidance of the
circumstances that caused them.
As a matter of fact the sense of sin, so far from
being a cause of s good life, is quite the reverse. It
makes a man unhappy and it makes him feel
inferior. Being unhappy, he is likely to make
claims upon other people which are excessive and
which prevent him from enjoying happiness in
personal relations. Feeling inferior, he will have a
grudge against those who seem superior. He will
find admiration difficult and envy easy. He will
become a generally disagreeable person, and will
find himself more and more solitary. An expansive
and generous attitude towards other people not
only gives happiness to others, but is an immense
source of happiness to its possesser, since it