Way to Happiness

The humble man concentrates on his own errors, and not upon those of others; he sees nothing in his neighbor but what is good and virtuous.

The best view is from the mountain-top, but it may be arduous to reach it.

The ego-centered men view as calamities the denial of any of their wishes:

neither was happy, because God originally had given each a place according to his ability, one that best suited his own nature.

Humility is truth about yourselves.

Spiritual joy is a serenity of temper in the midst of the changes of life, such as a mountain has when a storm breaks over it.

Full happiness is understood only by those who have denied themselves some legitimate pleasures in order to obtain deferred joys.

Joy has much more to do with the affections than with reason.

For an empty soul, the Divine can fill; a worried soul, the Infinite can pacify. A self-concerned, proud soul, however, is inaccessible to Grace.