A lot of the issues that I see, it is not an either-or situation.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.
A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees ever more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, serene.
As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
When we are unable to receive, we deny someone else the pleasure of giving.
Never regret anything you have been through, because only with those trials will you become a better person the next day.
Those who have overcome self-will and become instruments to do God's work can accomplish tasks which are seemingly impossible, but they experience no feeling of self achievement. I now know myself to be a part of the infinite cosmos, not separate from other souls or God. My illusory self is dead; the real self controls the garment of clay and uses it for God's work.