The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know can any work be humble...
The most positive men are the most credulous.
To me it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step for example than to see the face of a monster which usually looks ridiculous and where you know that the blood is ketchup.