Full Idea
It is a sad evidence of the weariness mankind has suffered from excessive toil that his heavens have usually been places where nothing ever happened or changed.
Gist of Idea
That our heaven is a dull place reflects the misery of excessive work in life
Source
Bertrand Russell (Political Ideals [1917], 1)
Book Reference
Russell,Bertrand: 'Political Ideals' [Spokesman 2007], p.19
A Reaction
Has any religion got an idea of heaven as a place full of lively activity and creative problem-solving? That is what suits us best.