"<p>Stay away from laxatives. And if you're forced to live with them because of a pounding headache or acute indigestion, settle - rarely - for a glass of warm bitter water. There is some violent intent in all these preparations to interfere artificially with nature's order of life. Behind intestinal constipation there is mostly stinginess, some kind of spasmodic greed, feverish ambition; then there is the dull way of life behind it; behind intestinal consipation is the stinginess of life and of a man, completely and utterly. If you are constipated, why hope that your digestion will be agile? Behind every complaint lies the character of the whole man. Be at peace with your character, and you will be at peace with your digestion.</p>"