Just something to think about.

"It is a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy that is a thousand times better than any pleasure of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They are masters of their souls. They have overcome the world. These people are the Christians - and I am one of them."

I love this quote.  It seems as if it could have been written today by some great theologian but highlight below to see the source of these words.
Saint Cyprian (200-258).