Chapter III: Part III

How Far Our Happiness Depends on Ourselves.

I. _Our Occupations――Those of Necessity and those of Choice._

The Washerwoman’s Ideal of Happiness.――Labor is the True Source of
Enjoyment.――Selection of an Occupation.――How to Find Pleasure in
Its Pursuit.――Fitness and Unfitness for Certain
Occupations.――Dangers of Diligence in Business.――The Rare
Complaint, Over-Conscientiousness.――Making a Living a Mean
Business.――Occupations of Choice.――Reflections on Recreations.

STROWINGS, pp. 109-117

II. _Money-making, Its Laws and Its Limits._

The Universal Prayer.――Property the Foundation of Progress.――Wealth
is Welcome to All.――What Riches Give.――“Effective” and
“Productive” Riches.――The Author Discovers the Fortunate
Isles.――But is Promptly Disenchanted.――How to Get Rich.――Another
Way to Get Rich.――New Lamps for Old.――Riches and Happiness.

STROWINGS, pp. 118-127

III. _The Pleasures we may Derive from Our Senses._

The Elect of God are those who Improve their Faculties.――Division of
the Faculties.――The Rules of Pleasure.――The Rule of
Moderation.――The Rule of Variety.――Pleasures of the Muscular
Sense.――Of the Sense of Touch.――Of the Sense of Smell.――Of Tobacco
Using.――Eating as a Fine Art.――The Symmetry of a Well-served
Dinner.――Gastronomic Precepts.――Pleasures of the Sense of
Hearing.――Of the Sense of Sight.

STROWINGS, pp. 128-141

IV. _The Pleasures we may Derive from Our Emotions._

Hope and Fear.――The Folly of Philosophies.――Hopes which are
Incompatibles.――A Most Useful Suggestion.――Fear is a
Safeguard.――Worry and its Remedies.――Courage and Apathy.――Remorse
and Regret.――Anger, Hatred, and Revenge.――The Imagination.――The
Esthetic Emotions.――The Contemplation of Nature.――The Arts of
Pleasure.――The Excellence of Good Taste.――Plot-Interest.――The
Emotions of Pursuit.――The Emotions of Risk.

STROWINGS, pp. 142-155

V. _The Pleasures we may Derive from Our Intellect._

The Search for Truth.――Advantages of Intellectual
Pleasures.――Especially to Women.――Riddles and Puzzles.――Reading,
and Rules for It.――My Own Plan.――What Line to Read In.――A Plea for
Poetry.――Thinking About Reading.――What Meditation Means.――Social
Intellectual Pleasures.――Writing and Letter Writing.――Keeping a
Diary.――The Pursuit of Truth.――What Truth Is.――The Study of
Science.

STROWINGS, pp. 156-168

VI. _The Satisfaction of the Religious Sentiment._

Happiness the Only Standard of Value.――The Strange Law of
Evolution.――The Ideal of Humanity.――The Position of Dogmatic
Religion.-The Unhappiness Produced by Religions.――The Happiness
Derived from Religions.――The Doctrine of Faith.――Morality and
Religion.――Erroneous Estimate of the Moral Life.――True Religious
Unity.――The Religion of the Future.

STROWINGS, pp. 169-180

VII. _The Cultivation of Our Individuality._

The Prevailing Lack of Individuality.――Examples of Great
Teachers.――The Man of Strong Personality.――What Individuality Is
and Is Not.――Value of Self-knowledge.――The Pains of
Diffidence.――Dangers of Self-conceit.――The Tyranny of
Opinion.――The Foolishness of Fixed Principles.――Obstinate
Asseveration.――Giving and Taking Advice.――Decision of
Character.――Importance of Reserve.――Sincerity is
Essential.――Veracity at Least to Oneself.――Seek Many-sidedness of
Character.

STROWINGS, pp. 181-193