On the Art of Making Up One's Mind

"It is a theory of mine — wrong possibly, indeed I have so been informed—that we pick our way through life with too much care. We are forever looking down upon the ground. Maybe we do avoid a stumble or two over a stone or a brier, but also we miss the blue of the sky, the glory of the hills." Touching on such vital matters as The Inadvisability of Following Advice and The Disadvantag...