He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God. 

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.

He who struggles is better than he who never attempts

Man is man so long as he is struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external.

Patanjali, declares that the true secret of evolution is the manifestation of the perfection which is already in every being; that this perfection has been barred and the infinite tide behind is struggling to express itself. These struggles and competitions are but the results of our ignorance, because we do not know the proper way to unlock the gate and let the water in. This infinite tide behind must express itself; it is the cause of all manifestation.