Quotes from Joe Griffin

A sane action is one carried out in a way the wider consequences demand rather than for narrow, selfish reasons or out of habit or approval.

Seeking personal happiness, more often than not, can make people more selfish. Therefore, feeling happy is better viewed as a by-product of living well rather than an aim in itself.

And the knowledge of how to stay sane in this rapidly worsening situation can seem hard to come by - as if it's hiding away from our crude, self-obsessed, materialistic culture. Consequently many people live and die without ever knowing such wisdom exists, (though perhaps it was never withheld from those who sincerely sought it).