and enter worlds where we do not belong;
first, because we frequently permit the inferior side of our nature to predominate,
and second, because we permit the senses to guide us
in almost everything we do.
The reason why you cannot do what you want to do
is because you have failed to become
as much as you have the power to become.
is because you have failed to become
as much as you have the power to become.
The reason why we are not higher in the scale of life,
and not more perfectly developed in body, mind and soul,
is because we have emphasized our imperfections,
and have failed to give our good qualities special attention.
There are many reasons why the will remains weak,
but these are chiefly to blame:
mental vagueness as to the nature and functions of the individual ego,
uncertainty as to purpose in life or action -
acting with no definite object in view;
permitting external factors to take prolonged hold of mind, thought of feeling;
giving full right of way to habits, desires or tendencies;
and living and acting according to systems prescribed by others.
and not more perfectly developed in body, mind and soul,
is because we have emphasized our imperfections,
and have failed to give our good qualities special attention.
There are many reasons why the will remains weak,
but these are chiefly to blame:
mental vagueness as to the nature and functions of the individual ego,
uncertainty as to purpose in life or action -
acting with no definite object in view;
permitting external factors to take prolonged hold of mind, thought of feeling;
giving full right of way to habits, desires or tendencies;
and living and acting according to systems prescribed by others.
The principle reason why the average person remains weak and incompetent
is found in the fact he makes no effort to fathom and understand
the real depths of his being.
is found in the fact he makes no effort to fathom and understand
the real depths of his being.
The principle reason why the average person does not realize his ideals
is because he has not learned to think what he wants to think.
He is too much affected by the suggestions that are about him.
He imitates the world too much, following desires that are not his own.
One of the principle reasons why the many fail to realize their ideals
is because they are not ideal in all things.
A portion of the mind is working for ideals,
while the remainder is perpetuating the ordinary and the inferior.
The house is thereby divided against itself.
is because they are not ideal in all things.
A portion of the mind is working for ideals,
while the remainder is perpetuating the ordinary and the inferior.
The house is thereby divided against itself.
The principal reason why so few accomplish what they have in view
is that some of their energies are directed
to create the bright and growing side of life,
while the rest of their energies are either scattered
or permitted to create what is adverse and detrimental.
is that some of their energies are directed
to create the bright and growing side of life,
while the rest of their energies are either scattered
or permitted to create what is adverse and detrimental.
The reason why a number of aspiring souls fail to reach the heights is simply this:
that they give too much thought to things,
thereby limiting consciousness according to the measure of things.
that they give too much thought to things,
thereby limiting consciousness according to the measure of things.
The principal reason why those who know of self-supremacy do not master fate,
is because they are not true to their own convictions.
