Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.

It seems a strange fact that it is almost more important for us to be happy ourselves than to try to make other people happy. By being happy we confer untold benefits upon our fellow men.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy, even condescending to accept pity. Such persons never realize that the very ones to whom they are complaining are often struggling under a burden greater than their own.

Metaphysicians tell us that it is easier to get the body well than to get the mind to realize its wellness.

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.