If there are people at once rich and content, be assured that they are content because they know how to be so, not because they are rich

He was the pastor of a small parish in the French province of Vosges until 1882 when he went to Paris and there opened a Sunday school and later began preaching. In the fall of 1904 Wagner visited the United States. The publication of his book Jeunesse (“Youth”) in 1891 marked him as a leader in the ethical movement in France and his influence continually increased.