Guest guest Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 He who has conquered weakenss, and has put always all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free. A man can only rise, conquer and achieve by lifting up his thoughts. He can only remain weak, and abject and miserable by refusing to lift up his thoughts. Before a man can achieve anything, even in wordly things, he must lift his thoughts above salvish animal indulgence, he may not, in order to succeed, give up all animality and selfishness, by any means; but a portion of it must, at least, be sacrificed. A man whose first thought is bestial indulgence could neither think clearly nor plan methodically he could not find and deelop his latent resources, and would fail in any undertaking. Not having commenced to manfully control his thoughts, he is not in a position to control affairs and to adopt serious responsibilities. He is not fit to act independently and stand alone. But he is limited only by the thoughts which he chooses. Contd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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