CITM_0a78c3ecceb4 · 1 source instrument · 1 surface variant
way 10 selfcontrol should be the keynote of life not the easy selfcontrol that retreats from the world but the vigilant stern manly control of a self that lives in the world one should hold firm to high ideals and not be bent by the seductive voices of comfort and desire
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“WAY 10: Self-control should be the keynote of life, not the easy self-control that retreats from the world, but the vigilant, stern, manly control of a self that lives in the world. One should hold firm to high ideals and not be bent by the seductive voices of comfort and desire.”
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