On the Open Road: Being Some Thoughts and a Little Creed of Wholesome Living |
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... moreover , the great law of love , of service , of mutuality , written at the very core of human life , then in the degree that we are wise we will lend the hand whenever and wherever we can to all others in their strivings for the same ...
... moreover , the great law of love , of service , of mutuality , written at the very core of human life , then in the degree that we are wise we will lend the hand whenever and wherever we can to all others in their strivings for the same ...
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... moreover , rest at least in part peace when he is able once for all to realize that every wrong - doing carries with it its own punishment , that such is a fundamental law , and that by virtue of it the perpe- trator of a wrong or an ...
... moreover , rest at least in part peace when he is able once for all to realize that every wrong - doing carries with it its own punishment , that such is a fundamental law , and that by virtue of it the perpe- trator of a wrong or an ...
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... moreover , of taking an hour , or even a half hour , alone in the quiet , in the midst of the daily routine of life , would be the source of inestimable gain for countless numbers . If such changes can be in closer contact with the ...
... moreover , of taking an hour , or even a half hour , alone in the quiet , in the midst of the daily routine of life , would be the source of inestimable gain for countless numbers . If such changes can be in closer contact with the ...
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... has become the fixed habit of countless thousands . It moreover stamps itself and registers its baneful influences in the very bodies of its victims . Fear - - -- retards and even paralyzes healthy action , [ 31 ] ON THE OPEN ROAD.
... has become the fixed habit of countless thousands . It moreover stamps itself and registers its baneful influences in the very bodies of its victims . Fear - - -- retards and even paralyzes healthy action , [ 31 ] ON THE OPEN ROAD.
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... moreover , we once understand the subtle power of thought— thought as a force and its law in that like builds like and like attracts like , we can see how we endow the very things we fear with power to get their hold and work their ills ...
... moreover , we once understand the subtle power of thought— thought as a force and its law in that like builds like and like attracts like , we can see how we endow the very things we fear with power to get their hold and work their ills ...
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able aid in righting all-round attainment attitude of mind attracts awe or fear become body bye and bye Character-Building Thought Power cheerful compels gladness conscious connection continually corroding courage CREED CROWELL daily degree desirable dition Divine effort enjoyment essential excessive fact faith far-open sea feel flowers give God-intended greatest grow hand happiness healthy heart highest humor influence intelligence judge knave by attempt light living more worthily manifest mental habits middle ground moreover ness never OPEN ROAD order of thought passing peace perfect perverted pleasures purpose RALPH WALDO TRINE relations rence rest and play righting the wrongs rightly sense shunned or dreaded soul speak spirit stand in awe stand in fear stumble subtle success tardiness temporary blame things THOMAS Y thoughts are forces tion to-day travel with joy truly truth turn type of thought valuable wholesome wisdom wise women
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Page 61 - At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh : Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field ; And the bensts of the tield shall be at peace with thee.
Page 35 - The common problem, yours, mine, every one's, Is — not to fancy what were fair in life Provided it could be, — but, finding first What may be, then find how to make it fair Up to our means: a very different thing!
Page 28 - Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Page 29 - Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has VOL. I. SO a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and...
Page 16 - Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth." Any organization, religious or whatever its nature, that seeks to take from its followers or keep its adherents from perfect freedom and...
Page 23 - THE wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many, honored by the Few ; To count as naught in World, or Church, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great...