Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any man or order of men.
Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
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I am not remotely interested in just being good.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the lord. Be positive.
The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people – men and women, boys and girls – that make the world a special place.
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
...the individual ceases to be himself; he adopts entirely the kind of personality offered to him by cultural patterns; and he therefore becomes exactly as all others are and as they expect him to be...The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
The primary imagination I hold to be the living power and prime agent of all human perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I am.
The same power that rose Christ from the dead, is living inside of you.
Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.