“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.”

“The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.”

“But does not happiness come from the soul within?”

“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”

“No power from above can make one human love another. Love comes from within the heart. (Julian)”

“For Freud, the pursuit of happiness is a distraction from living. It would be better to aim for something different -- a type of life in which you do not need a fantasy of satisfaction in order to find being human an interesting and worthwhile experience… Human beings are more likely to find ways of living well if they do not spend their lives aiming to be happy.”

“Those who run after happiness will never be happy. Happiness is something that has to come to the fore from within.”

“A decent life is to disclose humanity in oneself.”

“Education to perfect gentlemanship, to human excellence, liberal education consists in reminding oneself of human excellence, of human greatness.”

“Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world.”