Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.

Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.

As there are silent depths in the ocean which the fiercest storm cannot reach, so there are silent, holy depths of the hearts of people which the storm of sin and sorrow can never disturb. To reach this silence and to live consciously in it is peace.

The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.

A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.