~ If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. ~

~ In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences. ~

~ All human beings, by nature, desire to know. ~

~ Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment. ~

~ Joy is one of nature's greatest medicines. Joy is always healthy. A pleasant state of mind tends to bring abnormal conditions back to normal. ~

~ Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy, like heaven above. ~

~ Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. ~

~ Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. ~

~ I hold myself to be incapable of hating any being on earth. By a long course of prayerful discipline, I have ceased for over forty years to hate anybody. I know this is a big claim. Nevertheless, I make it in all humility. ~

~ Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than the unlived life of their parents. ~

~ Our reality is influenced by our notions about reality, regardless of the nature of those notions. ~

~ Take time to think.. it is the source of power. Take time to play.. it is the secret of prepetual youth. Take time to read… it is the fountain of wisdom. Take time to pray.. it is the greatest power on earth. Take time to laugh… it is the music of the soul. Take time to give… it is too short a day to be selfish. ~

~ The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth. ~

~ There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity. ~

~ We are partakers of a common nature, and the same causes that contribute to the benefit of one contribute to the benefit of another. ~