The vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, this you will become.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.

The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.

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

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.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life.