You have not only lost the knowledge of God, you have also lost faith in yourselves.  Infinite are the powers that lie in man, but he makes no use of them, he lets them wither.  Before he begins some work he introduces his thinking, and lets himself be governed by it.  And in its limitation the memory of man, which is lawfully subordinate to this earth, cannot grasp that the spirit should be superior [...]

Merely wishing or hoping that your day will go well is half doubting.  It isn’t good enough.  It admits the possibility of failure as much as it does the possibility of success.  Expect your day to be happy and productive.  And act according to that belief.  We don’t really believe a thing until we have enough faith in it to act as if it were true.  We often act in a way that proves [...]

Devotion directs the use of power.  Devotion inspires love of a cause, belief in it, willingness to sacrifice for it.  The devoted man has faith in the truth of his labor and in its ultimate conquest.  Do you love anything so well that life itself seems desirable?  Then you are devoted to it.  Do you love that something so well that you are willing to set aside ordinary pursuits and labor for [...]