From the point of view of happiness,
the problem of life is insoluble, for it is our highest aspirations
which
prevent us from being happy. From the point of view of duty,
there is the same difficulty, for the fulfillment of
duty brings
peace, not happiness. It is divine love, the love of the holiest, the
possession of God by faith,
which solves the difficulty; for if
sacrifice has itself become a joy, a lasting, growing and
imperishable
joy—the soul is then secure of an all−sufficient
and unfailing nourishment.
Amiel's Journal
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