A tragic mistake that is often made is to assume that the will of God is bound to be something very dull and uninviting, if not positively unpleasant. Consciously or not some persons look upon God as a hard taskmaster, or a severe parent. . . . The truth is that the will of God for us always means greater freedom, greater self-expression, newer and brighter experience, wider opportunity of service to others-life more abundant.

Claim your divine, glorious selfhood. Think it, talk it, live it and it will demonstrate itself in your life.

When you resist a difficulty you antagonize it, and it bites back.

A smile costs nothing in money, time, or effort but it is literally true that it can be of supreme importance in ones life.

Make friends with nature by working in harmony with her and she will make friends with you.

Love is always creative, fear always destructive.

Attention is the key to life. Whatever you really give your attention to, you become. Whatever you really concentrate upon will come into your life. We grow into the thing that fills our thoughts as inevitably as the stream merges into the ocean at last.