It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Some folks goes right under when trouble comes, but I carry mine fur an' easy.

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

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.

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

In this noisy, restless, bewildering age, there is a great need for quietness of spirit. Even in our communion with God we are so busy presenting our problems, asking for help, seeking relief that we leave no moments of silence to listen for God's answers. By practice we can learn to submerge our spirits beneath the turbulent surface waves of life and reach that depth of our being where all is still, where no storms can reach us. Here only can we forget the material world and its demands on us.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.