People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.
Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It depends not on what happens outside of you, but on what happens inside of you.
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.
