Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

There can be no progress nor achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be by the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution and self-reliance.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.