I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
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