Seeking happiness

"We want to be happy. That's all we strive for. But what is happiness? For the carnal man, carnal pleasures: a heaped bowl, a filled jug, a bed, killing animals, playing cards, and the money that provides the non-stop supply of these. The spiritual man already knows that these are fleeting goods; there are better, more lasting things than these. He is already striving for the good that is without form, for goods that leave no bitter taste in the mouth, that are not followed by a feeling of dejection, sorrow, emptiness. The spiritual man seeks, searches, equips himself with knowledge, and ponders: - Who am I? - What am I? - Where am I? - Why am I alive? - How long do I live? - Where is the real good? - What is it? He seeks happiness through intellectual paths."