Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

We cannot wish for that we know not.