“Pessimism is a product of our civilization. It is not natural to the savage; he feels pain, or discomfort, and suffers from these palpable conditions, but when he recovers from wounds he forgets the torments, and when he is well fed he is joyous in the light of day.” FeelsWellsLightPainSufferingNaturalForgetConditionsProductsCivilizationWoundsFedsPessimismSavagesTormentDiscomfortJoyous Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
“Those who have suffered, who have known poverty or oppression, are generally the most prone to kindness. Perhaps it is well to endure some misery if only to learn this lesson.” IfsWellsSufferingKnownPovertyKindnessLessonsMiseryEndureOppression Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
“The future seems a little gloomy! Go to bed early, sleep well, eat moderately at breakfast; the future looks brighter. The world's outlook may not have changed, but our capacity for dealing with it has. Happiness, or unhappiness, depends to some extent on external conditions, but also, and in most cases chiefly, on our own physical and mental powers. Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard.” PeopleWorldWellsLooksMayLittlesSeemsWould BeSleepCasesConditionsChangedDependsBedCapacityOptimismParadiseUnhappinessBreakfastCheerfulOutlookBrighterGloomyGraveyardMental PowerDealing With ItSleep Well Author:Arthur Lynch
