If You Would Perfect Your Body, Guard

Your Circumstances May Be Uncongenial, But They Shall Not Long Remain So If You But Perceive An Ideal And Strive To Reach It.

As There Are Silent Depths In The Ocean Which The Fiercest Storm Cannot Reach, So There Are Silent, Holy Depths Of The Hearts Of People Which The Storm Of Sin And Sorrow Can Never Disturb. To Reach This Silence And To Live Consciously In It Is Peace.

Do Not Dwell Upon The Sins And Mistakes Of Yesterday So Exclusively As To Have No Energy And Mind Left For Living Rightly Today, And Do Not Think That The Sins Of Yesterday Can Prevent You From Living Purely Today.

The Soul Attracts That Which It Secretly Harbors; That Which It Loves, And Also That Which It Fears. It Reaches The Height Of Its Cherished Aspirations. It Falls To The Level Of Its Unchastened Desires - And Circumstances Are The Means By Which The Soul Receives Its Own.

A Man Sooner Or Later Discovers That He Is The Master-gardener Of His Soul, The Director Of His Life.