Religion of the world have become lifeless mockeries. What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one of burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like thunderbolt.

Wait, money does not pay, nor name; fame does not pay; nor learning. It is love that pays; it is character that cleaves its way through the adamantine wall of difficulties.

The road to the Good is the roughest and steepest in the universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed, no wonder that so many fall. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Go on doing good, thinking holy thoughts continuously; that is the only way to suppress base impressions. Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated ...

If you take the character of any man... you will find that misery and happiness are equal factors in the formation of that character. Good and evils have an equal share in moduling character, and in some instances misery is a greater teacher than happiness.