Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you
have to take care of them! There is great freedom read more

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you
have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living.
It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely read more

The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know
how seldom they do.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know
how seldom they do.

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than
I now am. Just as the read more

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than
I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present
perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect
and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I
am not deficient.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and read more

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is read more

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,
he does to himself.