This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.
The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this.
I?ll feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when you?ve gone over to the Dark Side. But I?ll be fine. That?s the good thing about the Dark Side. Eventually, your eyes adjust.