Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.

Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life: how a man's seed is but the beginning, it takes others to bring it to fruition. Think how food undergoes such changes to produce health and strength. See the power of these hidden things which, like the wind cannot been seen, but its effects can be.