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

The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

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.

It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

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