You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their station, the upward way is open for you. There is no such thing as inheriting a fixed mental position; no matter how small the mental capital we receive from our parents, it may be increased; no man is incapable of growth.

No possible combination of circumstances can keep a man down, if he makes his personal attitude right and determines to rise.

By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it

Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all things, see to it that you do not hold malice or enmity toward any one; to do so cuts you off from the mind whose treasures you seek to make your own. Lay aside all narrow personal ambition and determine to seek the highest good.

A person may come into full harmony with the formless substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him.

I surrender myself to conscious unity with the highest.

Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing, but intellect never shows us the right thing.