self-control

29 subentries

self-control. See also self-denial
achieving self-control
augment life’s fraction by lowering denominator of personal demands (71:3.7) (89:3.3)
emotional maturity essential for (52:6.6)
lesson on self-mastery (143:2sec)
restraint in all things is good (131:3.6)
self-mastery bound up with faith in indwelling spirit (143:2.7) (144:5.43)
acme of all human virtues (83:6.6)
better than extreme self-denial (89:3.7)
dark ages bear witness to restoration of (118:8.6)
demanded of advancing mankind (82:1.10)
greatest warrior overcomes and subdues himself (131:3.6)
historically
evolutionary religion provided (92:3.9)
food hoarding developed (68:2.5) (69:5.1)
impossible for primitive man to appear with much (118:8.5)
olden ideas embraced flogging, physical torture (89:3.4)
restraint was attempt to deceive envious spirits (87:5.7)
taboo essential step in developing (89:1.7)
leads to altruistic service (54:1.6)
man must substitute new, voluntarily assumed restraints (118:8.10)
manifestation of greatness (28:6.20)
mightier to rule one’s own spirit than to take a city (131:2.6)
perfect in Havona (14:6.26)
religion imposes heightened (100:6.4)
renders human laws obsolete in light and life (55:5.4)
self-mastery is indicator of spiritual development (143:2.3)
self-understanding characterized by voluntary s.m. (132:3.10)
true liberty is fruit of (54:1.5-6) (71:3.7)
trust is true measure of s.m. (28:6.13)

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