The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

Is not that a great principle for all of living? The people who will
really accomplish great things in life read more

Is not that a great principle for all of living? The people who will
really accomplish great things in life are those who are willing to
discipline their lives, who maintain their health, their vitality, their
efficiency through this process of rigorous disciplining of what they take
into their bodies and what they do in life. It's a very important thing in
terms of championship living.

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All
these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my read more

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All
these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am
in the house and I have the key.

What you can become you are already.

What you can become you are already.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same read more

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas. Only individuals can do this. A group of individuals may, however, read more

Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas. Only individuals can do this. A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Elijah went before the people and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, read more

Elijah went before the people and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him. But the people said nothing. [1 Kings 18:21].