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self is restrained the power will develop. Restraint of this kind will tend to produce a mighty will, that kind of character which makes a Christ or a Buddha. Foolish men do not know this secret"; "they nevertheless want to rule mankind. The fool does not know that even he may. rule 'the whole world if he works and waits. Wait a few years, restrain the foolish idea of governing; and when that idea is wholly gone, your will restrain the universe. Men run after a few dollars and do not think anything of cheating a fellow-being to get those dollárs; but if they would restrain themselves, in a few years they would develop such characters as would bring them millions of dollars if they wanted them. But we are all such fools! The majority of us cannot see beyond a few years, just as some animals cannot see beyond a few steps. Just a little narrow circle ;.. that is our world. We have not the patience to look beyond it, and we thus become immoral and wicked. This is our weakness, our powerlessness.
