—Emerson.
I believe if we could only see beforehand what it is that our Heavenly Father means us to be, the soul beauty and perfection and glory, the glorious and lovely spiritual body that this soul is to dwell in through all eternity, if we could have a glimpse of this, we should not grudge all the trouble and pains he is taking with us now to bring us up to that ideal which is his thought of us.
—Annie Keary.
Let thy every word and act be perfect truth, uttered in genuine love. Let not the forms of business, or the conventional arrangements of society reduce thee into falsehood. Be true to thyself. Be true to thy friend. Be true to the world.
—Lydia Maria Child.
Infidelity to self is infidelity to God.
—Charles B. Newcomb.
Learn to handle and control the ignorant part of your being as you would watch and guide a child. Hold thought and expression to your highest ideal. Learn from your failure.
—God’s Light as It Came to Me.
Self reliance is the basis of behavior, as it is the guaranty that the powers are not squandered in too much demonstration.