Mad world

If people are frightened by the idea that they don't have control over events occurring in the world, how much more terrified they are at the prospect of somehow lacking control over themselves! 

So frightening that a special category of being called "mental illness" was proposed and universally adopted to denote those unfortunate persons whose actions are thought to result from a somewhat less than authentic source, though through no fault of their own (of course).    

And indeed the majority have naturally come to assume views like this, without expending the slightest mental effort, and despite questions of free will or the precise extent to which our conscious efforts actually do determine our behavior never having been settled.