The essay is real preface to Russell’s autobiography. In order to live well, humans need a driving force. His passions kept him alive and drove ahead in life. Russell for simple things like an ordinary person. He did not wish for money and fame, but he wishes for simple things. He wished for love and received it too. He believed love was the only thing and he married four times to tell. The second is hunger for knowledge, he was a mathematician always looking for new things to learn. The third is an unbearable pity for mankind. He was kind towards human suffering and took a stand on world war 1.