Believe! Believe in the limitless supply of God's goodness. The universe is filled with more wonders than you can imagine.

Love is the dynamic motivation behind every worthy purpose; it is the upward thrust that lifts men to the heights.

Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement.

By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there.

It is looking for the joys that come in small, precious packages and making the most of them, knowing that big packages of joy are few and far between.

Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest creative thinkers of all time, strongly recommended the habit of meditation in the dark. He wrote: "For I have found in my own experience that it is of no small benefit, when you lie in bed in the dark, to recall in imagination, one after another, the outlines of the form you have been studying." He often awoke to find his problems solved. Da Vinci would often stand silent and motionless before a painting for hours, without using his brush, as though waiting for spiritual guidance.

Those who hope to avoid all failure and misfortune are trying to live in a fairyland; wise people realistically accept failures as a part of life and build philosophies to meet them and make the best of them.