“Happiness is feeling confident that the god of this universe is pleased with the things you say and do.”

“Please do make your decisions in life and feel confident that they are right.However, if fate is involved, feel just as confident even if they aren’t.”

“Happiness depends upon two things—pleasing God, and then pleasing yourself.”

“When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer any cross: 'Oh, that what God does might please me!' I labour to do what pleases God, and I labour that what God does shall please me: here is a Christian indeed, who shall endeavour both these. It is but one side of a Christian to endeavour to do what pleases God; you must as well endeavour to be pleased with what God does, and so you will come to be a complete Christian when you can do both, and that is the first thing in the excellence of this grace of contentment.”

“You can’t do anything to please anybody or say anything to please them or even dress so they’ll be happy and give you a smile.”

“bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they ought to by chance. the universe has no mind, no feelings, and no personality, so it doesn't do things in order to either hurt or please you. bad things happen because things happen.”