Man

1911. The problem of life consists in learning how to live. It is like the problem of addition or subtraction to the schoolboy. When mastered, all difficulty vanishes, and the problem has vanished. All the problems of life, whether they be social, political or religious, subsist in ignorance and wrongdoing. As men learn to live rightly, learn to direct their forces and use their functions and faculties by the light of wisdom, the sum of life will be correctly done, and its mastery will put an end to all the problems of evil. To the wise, all such problems have ceased. Contents: Inner world of thoughts; Outer world of things; Habit: its slavery and its freedom; Bodily conditions; Poverty; Man's spiritual dominion; Conquest: not resignation.