David Given Schwarm

Many people make the great mistake of aiming directly at pleasure; they forget that pleasure comes only from the fulfillment of a duty or obedience to a law–for man is made to obey the laws of his nature as inescapably as he must obey the laws of gravity. A boy enjoys eating ice cream because…

Every earthly ideal is lost by being possessed. The more material you’re ideal, the greater the disappointment; the more spiritual it is, the less the disillusionment.