Genuine Effort Is Success.

There Exists A Special Self Which Takes Every Event As If It Were The Very Thing You Wanted To Happen. That Self Is The Supermind, Which Is Never Upset By Anything. Your Goal Is To Nourish It Into Greater Strength. Then, Every Step Is Sunlit.

Don't Try To Be Unafraid. That Is Impossible. Rather, Go Ahead While Being Afraid. That Is The Entire Secret For Abolishing Fear. The Supermind Teaches Us To Have No Self-concern At All. Whatever Happens To You, Act As Though It Happened To Someone Else.

Learn This Great Secret Of Life: What People Call Interruption Or Disturbance To Their Routine Is Just As Much A Part Of Living As The Routine. To Split Life Into Two Parts, One Called Routine And The Other Called Interruption, Is To Be Caught Between Them.

Many Of Us Knock On The Door But Remain Outside, Because Knocking And Entering Are Entirely Different Actions. Knocking Is Necessary, Consisting Of Reading Books, Attending Meetings, Asking Questions. But Entrance Requires Much Bolder Action. It Requires One To Enter Into Himself, To Uncover Hidden Motives, To See Contradictions, And To Realize His Actual Power For Self-change.

A Truly Strong Person Does Not Need The Approval Of Others Any More Than A Lion Needs The Approval Of Sheep.