The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and endure very much

The whole art of living is to make use of the individuals through whom we suffer.

[T]he art of life is more like navigation than warfare, for what is important is to understand the winds, the tides, the currents, the seasons, and the principles of growth and decay, so that one's actions may use them and not fight them.

If you consciously learn to regard the problems in your life as openings for you to adopt a greater understanding, and then develop a better way of living, you will step out of the labyrinth of suffering and learn what it means to thrive.

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.

Love does not lead to an end to difficulties, it provides us with the means to cope with our difficulties in ways that enhance our growth.

A good half of the art of living is resilience.

the art of happiness is also the art of suffering well.

The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?

You don’t achieve happiness by getting rid of your problems – you achieve it by learning from them.

I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.