“One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.”

When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both of suffering and bliss

They themselves are makers of themselves.

Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought.

Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.

Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.

Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions.

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: the environment is but a looking glass.

Whether you be a man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Thoughts of malice, envy, disappointment, despondency, rob the body of its health and grace.

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.

Another hidden sacrifice, one of great spiritual beauty and of powerful efficacy in the healing of human sorrows.

You will be what you will to be.

The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray.

Whether life grinds a man down or polishes him depends on what he’s made of.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

The measure of a man is not how many servants he has but how many men he serves .

The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.

Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.

The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.