Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self.

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind.

When we consciously and deliberately develop new and better habits, our self image tends to outgrow the old habits and grow into the new pattern.

Happiness is simply a state of mind in which our thinking is pleasant a good share of the time.

Mental pictures offer us an opportunity to practice new traits and attitudes, which otherwise we could not do. This is possible because again - your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an actual experience and one that is vividly imagined.

Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.