Law of Success (21st Century Edition)

THE GOLDEN RULE 959

And it was this same law that Emerson had in mind when he

wrote this:

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the

liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. On the most

profitable lie the course of events presently lays a destructive

tax; whilst frankness proves to be the best tactics, for it invites

frankness, puts the parties on a convenient footing and makes

their business a friendship. Trust men and they will be true

to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great,

though they make an exception in your favor to all their rules

of trade.

The following is from Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning by the late
Judge Thomas Troward, who was the author of several interesting
volumes including the previously mentioned and recommended The
Edinburgh Lectures.

Once grant the creative power of our thought and there

is an end of struggling for our own way, and an end of gain-

ing it at someone else's expense; for, since by the terms of the

hypothesis we can create what we like, the simplest way of

getting what we want is, not to snatch it from somebody else,

but to make it for ourselves; and, since there is no limit to

thought there can be no need for straining, and for everyone

to have his own way in this manner, would be to banish all

strife, want, sickness, and sorrow from the earth.

Now, it is precisely on this assumption of the creative

power of our thought that the whole Bible rests. If not, what

is the meaning of being saved by Faith? Faith is essentially

thought; and, therefore, every call to have faith in God

is a call to trust in the power of our own thought about

God. "According to your faith be it unto you;' says the Old