Happiness must come from within in order to respond to that which comes from without, just as there must be a musical ear and temperament to enjoy music.
Cultivate happiness as an art or science.
A Worn Out Creed
have a letter from an "orthodox Christian," who says the only hope for humanity lies in the "old-fashioned religion."
Then he proceeds to tell me how carefully he has studied human nature, "in business, in social life, and in himself," and that he finds it all vile—selfish—sinful.
Of course he does, because he studies it from a false and harmful standpoint, and looks for "the worm of earth" and "the poor, miserable sinner," instead of the divine man.
We find what we look for in this world.
I have always been looking for the noble qualities in human beings, and I have found them.