No Character Is Ultimately Tested Until It

Picture Yourself Vividly As Winning, And That Alone Will Contribute Immeasurably To Success.

Nothing In Human Life, Least Of All In Religion, Is Ever Right Until It Is Beautiful.

We Ask The Leaf, "are You Complete In Yourself?" And The Leaf Answers, "no, My Life Is In The Branches." We Ask The Branch, And The Branch Answers, "no My Life Is In The Root." We Ask The Root, And It Answers, "no My Life Is In The Trunk And The Branches And The Leaves. Keep The Branches Stripped Of Leaves, And I Shall Die," So It Is With The Great Tree Of Being. Nothing Is Completely And Merely Individual.

He Who Knows No Hardships Will Know No Hardihood. He Who Faces No Calamity Will Need No Courage. Mysterious Though It Is, The Characteristics In Human Nature Which We Love Best Grow In A Soil With A Strong Mixture Of Troubles.

Life Is Like A Library Owned By The Author. In It Are A Few Books Which He Wrote Himself, But Most Of Them Were Written For Him.