it is concentration. It is the pilot
which, after the vessel is started by the mighty force within, puts it
on its right course and keeps it true to that course.

Will is the sun-glass which so concentrates and so focuses the sun's
rays that they quickly burn a hole through the paper that is held before
it. The same rays, not thus concentrated, not thus focused, would fall
upon the paper for days without any effect whatever. Will is the means
for the directing, the concentrating, the focusing, of the
thought-forces. Thought under wise direction,--this it is that does the
work, that brings results, that makes the successful career. One object
in mind which we never lose sight of; an ideal steadily held before the
mind, never lost sight of, never lowered, never swerved from,--this,
with _persistence_, determines all. Nothing can resist the power of
thought, when thus directed by will.

* * * * *

To stand by one's friend to the uttermost end,
And fight a fair fight with one's foe;
Never to quit and never to twit,
And never to peddle one's woe.

_George Brinton Chandler_

* * * * *

The fearing, grumbling, worrying, vascillating do not succeed in
anything and generally live by burdening, in some form or another,
someone else. They stand in the way of, they prevent their own success;
they fail in living even an ordinary healthy, normal life; they cast a
blighting influence over and they act as a hindrance to all with whom
they at any time come in contact. The pleasures we take captive in life,
the growth and advancement we make, the pleasure and benefit our company
or acquaintanceship brings to others, the very desirability of our
companionship on the part of others--all depend upon the types of
thought we entertain and live most habitually with.

* * * * *

No one could tell me where my Soul might be.
I searched for God but God eluded me.
I sought my brother out and found all there.

_Ernest Crosby._

* * * * *

In the degree that we love will we be loved. Thoughts are forces. Each
creates of its kind. Each comes back laden with the effect that
corresponds to itself and of which it is the cause.

"Then let your secret thoughts be fair--
They have a vital part, and share
In shaping words and moulding fate;
God's system is so intrica