“The happiest people on earth, hear it, are the holiest people. The most unhappy are the most sinful.”
- Fr. John Hardon

“A Catholic cannot help but be happy; sadness should be banished from their souls. Suffering is not sadness, which is the worst disease. This disease is almost always caused by atheism, but the end for which we are created guides us along life's pathway, which may be strewn with thorns, but is not sad. It is happy even through suffering.”
- Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

“The happiest people on earth are those who do not run away from suffering.”
- Fr. John Hardon