As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is his point of reference here?" But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the motions of their own soul are necessarily unhappy.