I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed
by sorrow and scorched
by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause.
I looked around, but could not
find it; I looked in books, but could not find it; I looked
within, and found there both the
cause and the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again,
and deeper, and found the
remedy.
I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the Life of
adjustment to that Law; one
Truth, the truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient
heart. And I dreamed of
writing a book which should help men and women, whether rich
or poor, learned or
unlearned, worldly or unworldly, to find within themselves
the source of all success, all
happiness, all accomplishment, all truth. And the dream
remained with me, and at last
became substantial; and now I send it forth into the world on
its mission of healing and
blessedness, knowing that it cannot fail to reach the homes
and hearts of those who are
waiting and ready to receive
it.