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He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.

The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is without the honor and strength of the soul can be anything but happy.

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.