The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

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.

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

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.

Study to be what you wish to seem.

Study to be what you wish to seem.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.