Sufferings are painful when we don’t want them. Once we decide to welcome sufferings as a means to achieve higher goals of life, they become a source of joy.

Making money should not be the purpose of our living but only means to achieve our purpose. You must eat to live and not live to eat.

Moral values are changing with a change in social outlook. We are frustrated today because we use old definitions of morality for the modern world. We want people to be moral as well as modern which is a difficult goal to achieve in practice. The loss of old standards of morality is the price we have to pay to achieve more freedom, more equality and more material prosperity.

One of the best ways to achieve happiness in life is to restrict your options. The more options you have, the more pain you may suffer. You can reduce your options by developing faith and genuine love.

Since everyone can’t be a genius, most people follow the path of ‘skillful corruption’ to achieve success in life. Just as you can’t move in a straight line when the road itself is curvaceous, it is impossible to succeed in a society full of corrupt people by honest means.

Most people don’t really know what they want and why they want something. Hence, everything seems desirable. As they can never achieve everything, they remain unhappy throughout their lives.

Your potential is a hidden treasure. You may not be even aware of it till you discover it. However, it is not easy to find your potential when you are following others or trying to achieve success in an area which is the most sought after.

It is not possible to have a one-size-fit-all formula for happiness. What works for one person may not work for another. Everyone has to choose his own methods to achieve happiness.

Most people are unhappy since they fail to get what they want in life. However, even when they actually get what they want, their happiness is short-lived because very soon they raise the bar to a higher level and again start struggling to achieve the next level. Their happiness level thus comes back to the original level as before.