Thoughts to Build On

are cursed." It is in the nature of the clergy's service to mankind, to consider the many ills that flesh is heir to, and to pro ...

Francois Rochefoucauld, "The happiness and misery of people depend on their tempers." And re-stated by the English philosopher, ...

and adult life. Originally venting temper was used as a means of obtaining an objective; later the bad temper was retained, not ...

character and personality. But, having been unble to con- vince any woman or any cosmetic manufacturer, I shall offer an alterna ...

Chapter 64 When Everything Else Fails ... Here is a sure-cure for just about everything that ails you: failure, worry, discourag ...

hours a day) eventually find what would work, so he succeeded more than anyone else. In fact, he succeeded so well that he paten ...

create a vacuum which discouragement is all too ready to fill. There was a man who sat around doing nothing except worrying abou ...

This cure-all for just about whatever ails you, also is highly effective in curing poverty. Its curative pow- ers are recorded i ...

I write this with the full knowledge that the trend today is to try to get more and more money for less and less work. Certainly ...

Chapter 65 If You Would Control Others ... This chapter contains a magic word which, if you use it constantly, will enable you t ...

The negative side-the lac1e of hope-is under- mining so many efforts which could be constructive that perhaps we should first co ...

and hatreds directed toward the real or suspected cause of their hopelessness. Demonstrations are organized to "call atten- tion ...

There is no way to describe the scope and extent of hope, for hope is an essential ingredient of everything from a desired incre ...

an exceptional degree, has been exceedingly unsuccessful in convincing other nations of its sincerity in providing them the hope ...

Chapter 66 Make Progress ... Or Stand Aside This amazing life which each of us is privileged to live-is a life of many choices. ...

out or, in some competitive manner, be exterminated by more progressive species. Nature demands progress; N ow let's change our. ...

Only you cannot just stand aside for long, because the penalty for inaction is oblivion-"nature's curse," as Goethe put it. So w ...

up they found that they had advanced by falling I That's one of the techniques of progress: FALL FORWARDI There are so many tech ...

Chapter 67 Stay In The Eye Of The Hurricane A hurricane is a system of terrific winds rotat- ing in a huge circle many miles in ...

there, secure in the knowledge that there always is-and always will be-a place of peace in each personal disaster, if you will b ...