For any particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?

Don't be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you've been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?

Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.

Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.