Wisdom can only be acquired by an then they have conquered you. inquiring mind. If you don’t ask the Words are the most powerful drug questions you won’t receive the used by man. answers. Neither success or failure is ever A man who does not think for himself
ward as much as looking in-
does not think at all. Thinking cannot permanent. be done by proxy. Our life is what our thoughts make it. Learn to disipline your mind.
ward, and looking forward as
see To enjoy good health, to bring To those with wisdom, happiness is not true happiness to one’s family, about getting what you want, it’s about
much as looking backward
wanting what you’ve got. to bring peace to all, one must first disipline and control one’s Each of us is the author of our own own mind. If a man can control story and there’s a new page to be his mind he can find the way written every single day to Enlightenment and all wis- dom and virtue will naturally come to him. The man who makes every- thing that leads to happiness Our intelligence is the thing It is not the lie that passes depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted that allows us to hold two op- A man who can see will move from your mind, but the one the very best plan for living posing thoughts at the saem that sinks in and takes root forward more surely than a happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly time. that does the greatest harm. blind man with a trustworthy character and of wisdom. Follow your conscience. guide, just as a person follow- ing an enlightened understand- Knowledge is convertible into ing will tread more surely than power, and axioms into rules Think one following an obedience to custom. of utility and duty. But knowl- edge itself is not power. Wis- positive. Every man is an architect, dom is power; and her prime each designing their future, al- minister is justice. ways running late and over budget and rarely getting the chance to enjoy the result.
If it’s worth doing then it’s It is not possible to get anx-
worth doing well.
ious about the past so there is little point in becoming de- pressed about the future.