I don't have many sad days.

When a person becomes satisfied, he doesn't run after things, doesn't worry about it, and doesn't make efforts.

True spirituality frees us to live joyfully in the present.

Blessed is he who expects nothing," said Francis of Assisi, "for he shall enjoy everything.

The strength he received from Christ was not the strength to change, deny, or defy his circumstances; it was the strength to be content in the midst of them, to surrender to God's loving will for him (Philippians 4:11—13).

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today. Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.

there. Enough is enough. You do not need flour and oil for tomorrow; only for today. You can live only one day at a time. You can take only one bite at a time. What more could you cope with anyway? My dad's favorite verse was, "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33). The next verse goes on to say, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.