Live As If You Were

In Literature As In Love, We Are Astonished At What Is Chosen By Others.

Either The Soul Is Immortal And We Shall Not Die, Or It Perishes With The Flesh And We Shall Not Know That We Are Dead. Live, Then, As If You Were Eternal.

British Conversation Is Like A Game Of Cricket Or A Boxing Match; Personal Allusions Are Forbidden Like Hitting Below The Belt, And Anyone Who Loses His Temper Is Disqualified.

It Is Not Events And The Things One Sees And Enjoys That Produce Happiness, But A State Of Mind Which Can Endow Events With Its Own Quality, And We Must Hope For The Duration Of This State Rather Than The Recurrence Of Pleasurable Events.

All Of Us, From Time To Time, Need A Plunge Into Freedom And Novelty, After Which Routine And Discipline Will Seem Delightful By Contrast.