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Such achievements may be sometimes connected with vanity and ambition, but they are not the outcome of those characteristics; they are the natural outgrowth of long and arduous effort, and of pure and unselfish thoughts. SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS MAY BE SOMETIMES CONNECTED WITH VANITY AND AMBITION BUT THEY ARE NOT THE OUTCOME OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THEY ARE THE NATURAL OUTGROWTH OF LONG AND ARDUOUS EFFORT AND OF PURE AND UNSELFISH THOUGHTS
y the thoughts, which he chooses. There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution and self-reliance. And the higher he lifts his thoughts, the more manly, upright, and righteous he becomes, the greater will be his success, the more blessed and enduring will be his achievements. The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous. All the great Teachers of the ages have declared this in varying forms, and to prove and know it a man has but to persist in making himself more and more virtuous by lifting up his thoughts. Intellectual achievements are the result of thought consecrated to the search for knowledge, or for the beautiful and true in life and nature. LONE BUT HE IS LIMITED ONLY BY THE THOUGHTS WHICH HE CHOOSES THERE CAN BE NO PROGRESS NO ACHIEVEMENT WITHOUT SACRIFICE A MAN'S WORLDLY SUCCESS WILL BE IN THE MEASURE THAT HE SACRIFICES HIS CONFUSED ANIMAL THOUGHTS AND FIXES HIS MIND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PLANS AND THE STRENGTHENING OF HIS RESOLUTION AND SELF RELIANCE AND THE HIGHER HE LIFTS HIS THOUGHTS THE MORE MANLY UPRIGHT AND RIGHTEOUS HE BECOMES THE GREATER WILL BE HIS SUCCESS THE MORE BLESSED AND ENDURING WILL BE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS THE UNIVERSE DOES NOT FAVOR THE GREEDY THE DISHONEST THE VICIOUS ALTHOUGH ON THE MERE SURFACE IT MAY APPEAR SOMETIMES TO DO SO IT HELPS THE HONEST THE MAGNANIMOUS THE VIRTUOUS ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS OF THE AGES HAVE DECLARED THIS IN VARYING FORMS AND TO PROVE AND KNOW IT A MAN HAS BUT TO PERSIST IN MAKING HIMSELF MORE AND MORE VIRTUOUS BY LIFTING UP HIS THOUGHTS INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF THOUGHT CONSECRATED TO THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE OR FOR THE BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE IN LIFE AND NATURE
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