Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man.

God overrules all mutinous accidents, brings them under His laws of fate, and makes them all serviceable to His purpose.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to universal nature? Can you take your bath without the firewood undergoing a change? Can you eat without the food undergoing a change? And can anything useful be done without change? Don't you see that for you to change is just the same, and is equally necessary for universal nature?

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.