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He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and read more
He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow read more
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember read more
Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is read more
One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is to understand how we can help people make the right choices to understand that they have real control of a lot of the health risks in their lives,
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce read more
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries read more
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.
We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We read more
We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We won't be able to deny it any longer.
The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more
The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
