As for the different things that make us happy or sad, let everyone think about their own life and see the truth in what Bion said: "All human activities are very much like how they started, and there's nothing in people's lives that's more sacred or proper than their birth." But it's better to accept society's flaws and human weaknesses calmly. Don't burst into laughter or tears about them. If you let other people's suffering hurt you, you'll be miserable forever. But if you enjoy other people's suffering, that's cruel. And it's pointless kindness to weep and look sad just because someone is burying their child.
As for the several causes which render us happy or sorrowful, let every one describe them for himself, and learn the truth of Bion's saying, "That all the doings of men were very like what he began with, and that there is nothing in their lives which is more holy or decent than their conception." Yet it is better to accept public morals and human vices calmly without bursting into either laughter or tears; for to be hurt by the sufferings of others is to be for ever miserable, while to enjoy the sufferings of others is an inhuman pleasure, just as it is a useless piece of humanity to weep and pull a long face because some one is burying his son.