Character

Character is the proper direction of all things,

and the proper use of all things in the human system.

Character does not mean simply,

obedience to a certain group of laws,

but the power to use properly all the laws of life.

To have character is to know the right,

and to be well established in the doing of the right,

that nothing in the world can turn you into the wrong.

The strong character is conscious only of the right
because such a character is right,
and is causing everything in its sphere of action to do that right.

Character is the power of right action.

To have character is to have the power to promote

what you know to be the purpose of life,

and to be able to do the right when you know the right.

To be right, according the to the viewpoint of completeness,

is to be in harmony with the laws 

of the present sphere of human existence.

It is the one supreme function of character

to make all actions in the human system constructive -

to make every force in the human life a building force.

A strong character does not resist evil,
but uses his strength in building the good.

A true character tries to turn all the energies of the system

into the best and most constructive channels,

and it is the mark of a real character

when all the various parts of the being of man

are working together harmoniously

for the building of greatness in mind and soul.

In the strong character all actions work in harmony
and all actions are constructive.

A strong character will keep all the faculties and forces of life
moving in the right direction,
no matter what obstacles we may meet in the way.

A strong character changes gradually, orderly,
and only as each step is throughly analyzed
and found to be a real step forward.

The stronger the character,

the more keenly one can feel 

that everything is being reconstructed, refined,

perfected and developed into something superior.