. We already know that Aristotle defined a happy life as a good life made perfect by the possession of all good things, such as health, wealth, friendship, knowledge, virtue. “In order to come into possession of all good things it is necessary to have a right ordering of the different goods,” Mortimer Adler (December … Read more
“Happiness is a very proud word of our whole cultural heritage,” Erich From said in a rare 1958 interview. “If you would ask people what their concept of Heaven is, and if they were honest, they would say it’s a kind of big department store with new things every week, and enough money to buy … Read more
“Once, while Mahatma Gandhi’s train was pulling slowly out of the station, a reporter ran up to him and asked for a message to take back to his people,” Eknath Easwaran (December 17, 1910 – October 26, 1999) writes in his book “Your Life Is Your Message: Finding Harmony with Yourself, Others, and the Earth.” … Read more
In 1845, moved by the desire to reconnect with the essence of his own being, great Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817–May 6, 1862) embarked on a voluntary two-year exile in the woods. It was an experiment in simple living and contemplation of nature, which later became the basis for his book Walden; or, Life … Read more