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Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Not from space must I seek my dignity, but from the ruling of my thought.

How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! he is his own exclusive object.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life

Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

The student’s goal is Poise! Poise is Power.

As he sat gazing into the clear running of the water, Archibald Craven gradually felt his mind and body both grow quiet, as quiet as the valley itself.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart

Fully impressed with the gravity of the duties that confront me and mindful of my weakness, I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which await me.

To be swayed by your fluctuating thoughts and impulses is to be weak and powerless; to rightly control and direct those forces is to be strong and powerful.

Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us.

It would be worth while to win, but she no longer thought life would be insupportable if she did not.

It is good to enlarge one’s sorrows, since thus does enlargement come to our consciousness, and there, there alone do we truly feel that we live.

Wherever the mind is perplexed, it is in an entire disorder, and domestic employments are not less troublesome for being less important.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them

when people see their friends' houses on fire they put it out as quickly and energetically as they can, but when their souls are on fire they themselves bring fuel

Self-love is mainly to blame, making people fond of being first and aspiring in all matters, and insatiably desirous to engage in everything.

the body is weighed down by the burden of what presses on it, but the soul often adds to the real load a burden of its own

A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns its arc.

If I felt that there is to be sole responsibility in the Executive for the America of tomorrow I should shrink from the burden.

My life has a limit, but my knowledge is without limit.

There is no doubt that a blizzard has a bewildering and numbing effect upon the brain of any one exposed to it.