There are two ways in which we may attain control over our activity. The first is confidence in the power of our own will; to know that if we have failed today, tomorrow we will not do so. The second is to have our eyes wide open, and to watch keenly our activity in all aspects of life. It is in the dark that we fall, but in the light we can see where we are going.

He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Your heart is not living intil it has experienced pain... the pain of love breaks open the heart, even if it is as hard as a rock.

Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much less care; but try to obtain what you need, and make the best of every moment of your life.

Peace is perfected activity.

If you will not rise above the things of this world, they will rise above you.