Intellect must be trained to comprehend the principles of virtue, and to understand all that is involved in their practice. Its energies must be restrained from wasteful indulgence in vain subtleties, and be directed in the path of righteousness and the way of wisdom. The thinker must distinguish, Continue Reading
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Becoming a better you (Combination)
Life is a combination of habits, some baneful, some beneficent, all of which take their rise in the one habit of thinking. The thought makes the person, therefore right-thinking is most important in life. The essential difference between a wise person and one lacking in wisdom is that the wise Continue Reading
The faces of wisdom
There is no way to strengthen wisdom but by acting strongly and wisely in the present moment, and each present moment reveals its own task. The wise person does small things greatly, regarding nothing as “trivial” that is necessary. The less focused person does small things carelessly while Continue Reading
Tit forTat
If you are given to anger or unkindness offer it up. These hard, cruel, and wrong conditions of mind never brought you any good; they can never bring you anything but unrest, misery, and spiritual blindness. Nor can they ever bring to others anything but unhappiness. Perhaps you will say: “But Continue Reading
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