Quotations

“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious year lies before you.”

Encouraging an expansive sense of possibility at the beginning of a new period · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

“Anticipate good health. If it does not come at once, consider it a mere temporary delay, and continue to expect it.”

An example of her strongly optimistic approach to adversity · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

“Do not tell me it is too late to be successful or happy. Do not tell me you are sick or broken in spirit, the spirit cannot be sick or broken, because it is of God.”

A forceful rejection of hopelessness and the idea that happiness has an expiry date · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“It is never too late in life to make anew start.”

A characteristic affirmation that renewal remains possible at any age · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Read and think and talk of cheerful, hopeful, interesting subjects.”

A practical prescription for maintaining a constructive outlook · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“There is nothing so confuses and flustrates misfortune as to stare it down with hopeful unflinching eyes.”

A vivid expression of defiance in the face of adversity · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Do not tell me you are too old.”

Rejecting age as a reason to abandon ambition or happiness · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“The new year has given you the fabric for a fresh start in life.”

Presenting each new beginning as an opportunity for renewal · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“By and by the troubles will lessen, and you will find yourself master of Circumstances.”

Expressing confidence that disciplined effort can restore a sense of control · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“I shall be given help to meet anything that comes to-day. Everything will be for the best.”

A formulation of her faith in resilience and the possibility of good outcomes · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“The worries and troubles of the coming day will seem less colossal.”

Encouraging a constructive mental attitude at the beginning of each day · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Let the spirit assert itself and demand health and hope and happiness in this new year.”

A New Year exhortation towards optimism, vitality and renewal · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Do not tell me it is too late to be successful or happy.”

Rejecting age and circumstance as excuses for abandoning hope · Essay, The Heart of the New Thought

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Do you think that this will not exist for ever and ever: two prayers struck together into one prayer, two loves into one love, two forces into one force.”

Original: Czyś ty nigdy nie marzyła, droga moja, o spiorunowaniu dwóch modlitw w jedną modlitwę, dwojga miłości w jedną miłość, dwóch sił w jedną siłę? Czy ty myślisz, że tego na wieki wieków nie będzie? — He imagines human and spiritual unity as a force created by joining separate lives and purposes. · Letter to his mother, 15 October 1845 (Polish)

Juliusz Słowacki

“Why should we be sad? Why should we doubt? I shall write about this sadness and doubt at length one day, sternly and fiercely.”

Original: Kwiatków ma pełno w domu, i dzieciątek mu Bóg nasyła — czegóż on się smuci? dla czego wątpi? O tym smutku i zwątpieniu będę długo kiedyś pisał srogo i groźnie. — He treats habitual melancholy and doubt as states to be resisted rather than passively accepted. · Letter to his mother, 1 January 1845 (Polish)

Juliusz Słowacki

“As long as there is struggle, resistance and hope, I am unwounded.”

Original: Póki walki, póki oporu, póki nadziei, póty ja jestem nieranny. — Struggle itself becomes a source of resilience and protection against defeat. · Letter to his mother, 14 May 1844 (Polish)

Juliusz Słowacki