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A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
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That circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has for any length of time practised self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition.
His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions.
The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure.
A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong.
a perfect Compassion embraces both oppressor and oppressed.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
