Though it is folly

Though it is folly to suppose that happiness is a matter of volition, and that we can make ourselves content and cheerful whenever we choose – a theory that many poor hypochondriacs are taunted with till they are nigh driven mad – yet, on the other hand, no sane mind is ever left without the … Read more

But wherever the truth

But wherever the truth may lie, this much is crystal-clear: our bigger-and-better society is now like a hypochondriac, so obsessed with its own economic health as to have lost the capacity to remain healthy. . . . Nothing could be more salutary at this stage than a little healthy contempt for a plethora of material … Read more