The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more

The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge
everything as it relates to them.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge
everything as it relates to them.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to
what those events mean.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to
what those events mean.

Be a spot on the ground where nothing is growing, where something
might be planted, a seed, from the Absolute.

Be a spot on the ground where nothing is growing, where something
might be planted, a seed, from the Absolute.

The impossible is often the untried.

The impossible is often the untried.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.