The bringers of joy have always been the children of sorrow.

It is the peaceful one who is observant. It is peace that gives him the power to observe keenly. It is the peaceful one, therefore, who can conceive, for peace helps him to conceive. It is the peaceful who can contemplate; one who has no peace cannot contemplate properly. Therefore, all things pertaining to spiritual progress in life depend upon peace.

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.

The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his mind.

To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.