To Begin--and Get Going   January 13, 1963

Too Busy for Balance…   April 28, 1963

“Temperance and labor,” said Rousseau, “are the two best physicians; the one sharpens the appetite, the other prevents indulgence to excess.” Temperance and labor⎯these are...

Uncertainty---and Purpose   March 3, 1963

Some years ago in a talk on the problems and uncertainties of youth, Levering Tyson said: “Not a single one of us knows what the coming months will bring, or what the years immediately ahead...

Victims of Environment?   October 13, 1963

Sometimes we complain that we are victims of environment. Sometimes this is so, but not always as much as we may suppose. It is true that environment has much to do with the decisions and actions of...

With Moderation…   March 24, 1963

There are extremes in all things, in all directions; extremes of tolerance, of intolerance; extremes of broadmindedness and of narrow-mindedness. And the extreme is almost always hazardous, both in...

Work--Leisure--Fatigue   May 5, 1963

There are excesses of leisure as well as of work. Some overwork, some underwork, and some seemingly work hard at not working at all. To become too leisure-minded could be in itself an unfortunate...