Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.
Never eat more than you can lift.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.