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A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of
a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his
surroundings.
Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and
evermore he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings
forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills-He thinks in secret and it comes to
pass; Environment is but his looking-glass. As A Man Thinketh
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All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and
mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own
efforts.
Honest Criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a
friend, an aquaintance, or a stranger.
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel
when you come in contact with a new idea.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your
arms too full to embrace the present.
What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between
ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions
between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and
matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long
forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is
nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of
every woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.
I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it,
the more it begins to come together and make sense.
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.
- Benchley -- or Else!
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a
being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts,
he holds the key to every situation.