As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.

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

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought.

Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results … We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world—although its operation there is just as simple and undeviating— and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.