Joy From the Inside

"The secret of a happy life is the moderation of our pleasures in exchange for an increase of joy. . . The Savior of the world Himself told us that the best joys come only after we have purchased them by prayer and fasting: we must give up our copper pennies first, out of love for Him, and He will pay us back in pieces of gold, in joy and ecstasy." 
~ Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, p. 22, 24 

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