PART I

The Four Steps

 

 

WORDS OF WISDOM TO GUIDE YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY (in chronological order)

One who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and one who rules his spirit is better than one who takes a city.

—King Solomon, Proverbs 16:32

You yourself must do the strenuous work. Enlightened Ones can only show the way.

—Gotama Buddha, Dhammapada 276

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: For whatever you may sow, that you will also reap.

—St. Paul the Apostle, Galatians 6:7

God helps those who help themselves.

—Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1736