William Irvine

Instead of spending your life pursuing something genuinely valuable, you squandered it because you allowed yourself to be distracted by the various baubles life has to offer.

how the mind may always pursue a steady and favourable course, may be well-disposed towards itself, and may view its conditions with joy

attended by constant cheerfulness and a joy that is deep and issues from deep within, since he finds delight in his own resources, and desires no joys greater than his inner joys