No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

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

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

A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees ever more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, serene.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.