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The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, read more
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.
One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer read more
One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.
Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.
Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far read more
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, read more
If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.
Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of read more
Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy.
He who stops being better stops being good.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation read more
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.
The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.