Two masters
Always smile
Someone said to William James, an American philosopher and psychologist: “You are the only happy person I know: you always have a smile on your lips, even when facing great difficulties.”
“I am not always smiling because I am happy,” answered William James. “I am happy because I am always smiling.”
Wise man’s answer
A king asked Saadi of Shiraz: “While travelling through the cities of my country, do you use to think of me and about my works?”
“Oh King, I think of you, whenever I forget about God,” was the wise man’s answer.
