Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

As the smallest drop of water detached from the ocean contains all the qualities of the ocean, so man, detached in consciousness from the Infinite, contains within him its likeness; and as the drop of water must, by the law of its nature, ultimately find its way back to the ocean and lose itself in its silent depths, so must man, by the unfailing law of his nature, at last return to his source, and lose himself in the great ocean of the Infinite.

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

Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being.

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

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

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.