Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn read more

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.