Wisdom cannot be found in books or travel, in learning or philosophy, it is acquired by practice only. A man may read the precepts of the greatest sages continually, but if he does not purify and govern himself he will remain foolish. A man may be intimately conversant with the writings of the Continue Reading
Disposition
What is disposition but a habit formed by repeating the same thing over and over again? Cease repeating (doing) the thing, and lo! the disposition is changed, the character is altered. To cease from an old habit of thought or action is, I know, difficult at first, but with each added effort Continue Reading
The inner forms the outer.
The world of things is the other half of the world of thoughts. The inner informs the outer. The greater embraces, the lesser. Matter is the counterpart of mind. Events are steams of thought. Circumstances are combinations of thought, and the outer conditions and actions of others in which Continue Reading
Becoming a better you (Who do you blame?)
Foolish men blame others for their lapses in judgment, but let the Truth-lover blame only himself. Let him acknowledge his complete responsibility for his own conduct, and not say, when he falls - this thing, or such and such circumstance, or that man was to blame, for the most which others can do Continue Reading
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