The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

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

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.