“I am not altogether pessimistic about neurosis. In many cases we have to say, “Thank heaven he could make up his mind to be neurotic.” … Read More ›

“There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy….So long as we persist in this … Read More ›

“I call an animal, a species, an individual corrupt, when it loses its instincts, when it chooses, when it prefers, what is harmful to it.” … Read More ›

Become a Supporting Member “Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” … Read More ›

“Here we have our present age … bent on the extermination of myth. Man today, stripped of myth, stands famished among all his pasts and … Read More ›

We are lived by Powers we pretend to understand.  (W. H. Auden) Of all the powers that shape our life, our emotions stand out both … Read More ›

“I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.” (John Keats) Rare is the … Read More ›

“This is one of the most urgent problems for civilized man. He has created civilization to give himself security. Security for what? For boredom? His … Read More ›

Why do so many people fail to flourish? And what can we do in our own life to ensure we do not succumb to the … Read More ›

“All man’s history is an endeavor to shatter his loneliness.” (Norman Cousins, Modern Man is Obsolete) In today’s world, with all the technologies built to … Read More ›