Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world.

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength.

Rapidly, merrily,
Life's sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily
Enjoy them as they fly!

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.