As water, when transmuted into steam, becomes a new, more definite and wide-reaching power, so passion, when transmuted into intellectual and moral force, becomes a new life, a new power for the accomplishment of high and unfailing purposes.

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Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the...

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the...

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As...

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command...

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself...

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself...

A man is literally what he thinks.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not...

Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not...

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result...

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result...

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of...

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of...

To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones...

To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones...

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he...

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand...

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...