With the presence of any chronic ailment in the body, it shows the best of judgment to stop eating everything except raw foods—vegetables in their raw state, also fruits and finely ground-up nuts. Don't complain of stomach troubles, colds, headaches. These are always the outcome of lack of physical exercises or a faulty diet. Perform some sort of exercise every day until a perspiration breaks out over your whole body. Your colds and other similar ills will soon disappear.

Fasting, or eating raw foods, and drinking less liquids, is good for reducing flesh. People don't get results because they are not regular. One day they fast, and the next day they feast. In order to get noticeable results, follow the raw food diet strictly and steadily for months.

Read, mark and inwardly digest selected passages from great books. Discuss important topics with intelligent people. Thinking logically over a given idea is the best way to develop originality in your ideas. When thinking, keep your eyes closed, and your mind wholly concentrated on the object of your study. Do nothing with only half-attention or half-heartedly.

Good books are your perpetual silent friends. When you are worried or grieved, take a book and bury yourself in it. Listen to the comforting and inspiring words of the great minds of all the ages.