Life is for the most part but the mirror of our own individual selves.

Our mind gives to all situations, to all fortunes, high or low, their real characters.

To the good, the world is good; to the bad, it is bad.

If our views of life be elevated--if we regard it as a sphere of useful effort, of high living and high thinking, of working for others' good as well as our own--it will be joyful, hopeful, and blessed.

If, on the contrary, we regard it merely as affording opportunities for self-seeking, pleasure, and aggrandisement, it will be full of toil, anxiety, and disappointment.
There is much in life that, while in this state, we can never comprehend.