To Dispose A Soul To Action We

Resistance, Whether To One's Appetites Or To The Ways Of The World, Is A Chief Factor In The Shaping Of Character.

A Society That Refuses To Strive For Superfluities Is Likely To End Up Lacking In Necessities.

The Vigor Of A Mass Movement Stems From The Propensity Of Its Followers For United Action And Self-sacrifice. When We Ascribe The Success Of A Movement To Its Faith, Doctrine, Propaganda, Leadership, Ruthlessness And So On, We Are But Referring To Instruments Of Unification And To Means Used To Inculcate A Readiness For Self-sacrifice. It Is Perhaps Impossible To Understand The Nature Of A Mass Movement Unless It Is Recognized That Their Chief Preoccupation Is To Foster, Perfect And Perpetuate A Facility For United Action And Self-sacrifice.

However Much We Guard Against It, We Tend To Shape Ourselves In The Image Others Have Of Us.

...in The Shaping Of A Life, Chance And The Ability To Respond To Chance Are Everything.