Purpose Provides Activation Energy For Living.

Optimal Experience Is Thus Something That We Make Happen.

It Is How People Respond To Stress That Determines Whether They Will Profit From Misfortune Or Be Miserable.

One Of The Surest Ways To Enrich Life Is To Make Experiences Less Fleeting.

Why Is It That, Despite Having Achieved Previously Undreamed-of Miracles Of Progress, We Seem More Helpless In Facing Life Than Our Less Privileged Ancestors Were? The Answer Seems Clear: While Humankind Collectively Has Increased Its Material Powers A Thousandfold, It Has Not Advanced Very Far In Terms Of Improving The Content Of Experience.

Few Things Are Sadder Than Encountering A Person Who Knows Exactly What He Should Do, Yet Cannot Muster Enough Energy To Do It. "he Who Desires But Acts Not," Wrote Blake With His Accustomed Vigor, "breeds Pestilence.