Manisalwaysthemaster,eveninhisweakerandmostabandonedstate;butinhisweaknessanddegradationheisthefoolishmasterwhomisgovernshis "household." Whenhebeginstoreflectuponhiscondition,andtosearchdiligentlyforthelawuponwhichhisbeingisestablished,hethenbecomesthewisemaster,directinghisenergieswithintelligence,,andmancanonlythusbecomebydiscoveringwithinhimselfthelawsofthought;whichdiscoveryistotallyamatterofapplication,selfanalysis,andexperience.
Onlybymuchsearchingandmining,aregoldanddiamondsobtained,andmancanfindeverytruthconnectedwithhisbeing,ifhewilldigdeepintothemineofhissoul;andthatheisthemakerofhischaracter,themolderofhislife,andthebuilderofhisdestiny,hemayunerringlyprove,ifhewillwatch,control,andalterhisthoughts,tracingtheireffectsuponhimself,uponothers,anduponhislifeandcircumstances,linkingcauseandeffectbypatientpracticeandinvestigation,andutilizinghiseveryexperience,eventothemosttrivial,everydayoccurrence,asameansofobtainingthatknowledgeofhimselfwhichisunderstanding,wisdom,,asinnoother,isthelawabsolutethat "Hethatseeksfinds;andtohimthatknocksitshallbeopened";foronlybypatience,practice,andceaselessimportunitycanamanenterthedoorofthetempleofknowledge.
谚语说：“一个用心思考的人，才是真正的自我。”它不但阐述了一个人生存的全部意义，也涵盖了他一生中触及的所有条件和环境。换言之，一个人因思想而生存，他的性格就是他全部思维的总和。
如同植物从种子里萌发一样，植物的存在离不开种子；人也是相同的道理，内心潜在的思想种子促使人产生每一个行为，行为依赖思想而存在。这一点不仅适用于那些主观行为，同时也能解释那些“下意识的”和“无意识的”行为。
思想孕育了行为的花朵，并结出了欢乐和痛苦的果实；由此可知，一个人通过自己的培育，才能收获甜蜜与苦涩的果实。
