“Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.”

A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.

When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.

Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.

He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.

Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.

Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.

In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.

Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.

Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.