Worldwide Laws of Life

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An easy-to-use handbook of powerful thoughts for everyday use and inspiration, "Worldwide Laws of Life" offers 200 laws culled from the world's wisdom traditions, both sacred and secular. These spiritual principles can be used as a daily inspiration, read as a whole, or chosen by topic relevant to one's immediate need.

Introduction

xvii

WEEK ONE

When you rule your mind, you rule your world

(2)

Bill Provost

Where there is no vision, the people perish

(2)

Proverbs 29: 18

Love has the patience to endure the fault we cannot cure

(2)

J. Jelinek

There are more possibilities in the universe than one can imagine

(1)

As you give, so shall you receive---The Golden Rule (Matthew 7: 12 and Luke 6: 31)

(5)

WEEK TWO

Your life becomes what you think

(2)

Marcus Aurelius

Love given is love received

(2)

John M. Templeton

To be forgiven, one must first forgive

(2)

John M. Templeton

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings

(2)

John M. Templeton

You fear what you do not understand

(3)

WEEK THREE

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself

(2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Listen to learn

(2)

Alcoholics Anonymous

Wisdom is born of mistakes; confront error and learn

(2)

J. Jelinek

Humility leads to prayer as well as progress and brings you in tune with the Infinite

(2)

John M. Templeton

Failing to plan is planning to fail

(5)

Ben Franklin

WEEK FOUR

Beautiful thoughts build a beautiful soul

(2)

John M. Templeton

Progress depends on diligence and perseverance

(1)

John M. Templeton

Love the neighbor as thyself--Matthew 19: 19

(2)

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it--Confucius

(2)

Enthusiasm facilitates achievement

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK FIVE

By giving you grow

(2)

John M. Templeton

Lost time is never found again

(1)

Ben Franklin

The family that prays together stays together

(2)

Common Saying

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again

(2)

William Edward Hickson

It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness--Motto of the Christophers

(4)

WEEK SIX

It is better to love than be loved

(2)

St. Francis

Thanksgiving leads to having more to give thanks for

(1)

John M. Templeton

You cannot be lonely if you help the lonely

(2)

John M. Templeton

You are sought after if you reflect love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control

(2)

John M. Templeton

A smile breeds a smile

(4)

Ted Engstrom

WEEK SEVEN

Great heroes are humble

(2)

John M. Templeton

Agape given grows; agape hoarded dwindles

(1)

John M. Templeton

A measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere

(2)

John M. Templeton

What the mind can conceive, it may achieve

(2)

By prayer you receive spiritual energy

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK EIGHT

What appears to us as the impossible may be simply the untried

(2)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him

(1)

Booker T. Washington

Real success means not to remain satisfied with any limited goal

(2)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Enthusiasm is contagious

(2)

John M. Templeton

Small attmepts repeated will complete any undertaking

(3)

Og Mandino

WEEK NINE

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it

(2)

Ted Engstrom

The unexamined life is not worth living--Socrates

(1)

You are only as good as your word

(2)

John M. Templeton

Tithing often brings prosperity and honor

(2)

John M. Templeton

Self control wins the race

(4)

WEEK TEN

Freedom is a fact of life

102

(2)

By asserting our will, many a closed door will open before us

104

(2)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Count your blessings and you will have an attitude of gratitude

106

(2)

John M. Templeton

We learn more by welcoming criticism than by rendering judgment

108

(2)

J. Jelinek

Ask not what you can expect from life; ask what life expects from you

110

(3)

Viktor Frankel

WEEK ELEVEN

You find what you look for: good or evil, problems or solutions

113

(2)

John M. Templeton

Every ending is a new beginning

115

(2)

Susan Hayward

The only way to have a friend is to be a friend

117

(2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is what he believes

119

(1)

Anton Chckhov

Our quantity of spiritual knowledge is smaller than Ptolemy's knowledge of astronomy

120

(5)

John M. Templeton

WEEK TWELVE

Helpfulness, not willfulness, brings rewards

125

(2)

Birds of a feather flock together

127

(2)

Robert Burton

Crime doesn't pay

129

(2)

You can make opposition work for you

131

(1)

No one knows what he can do until he tries

132

(4)

Publilius Syrus

WEEK THIRTEEN

'Tis the part of the wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket

136

(2)

Miguel de Cervantes

Thoughts are things

138

(2)

Charles Fillmore

As within, so without

140

(3)

Hermetic principle

Thanksgiving, not complaining, attracts people to you

143

(2)

John M. Templeton

Perseverance makes the difference between success and defeat

145

(5)

WEEK FOURTEEN

The secret of a productive life can be sought and found

150

(2)

John M. Templeton

Happiness is always a by product

152

(2)

John M. Templeton

The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world

154

(2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is better to praise than to criticize

156

(2)

John M. Templeton

Laughter is the best medicine

158

(4)

Norman Cousins

WEEK FIFTEEN

Humility, like darkness, reveals the heavenly light

162

(2)

Henry David Thoreau

Use wisely your power of choice

164

(2)

Og Mandino

If you do not know what you want to achieve with your life, you may not achieve much

166

(2)

John M. Templeton

More is wrought by prayer than this world dreams of

168

(2)

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Everything and everyone around you is your teacher

170

(4)

Ken Keyes

WEEK SIXTEEN

Hitch your wagon to a star!

174

(2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The price of greatness is responsibility

176

(2)

Winston Churchill

Good words are worth much and cost little

178

(2)

George Herbert

You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem

180

(2)

Emmet Fox

Happy relationships depend not on finding the right person, but on being the right person

182

(5)

Eric Butterworth

WEEK SEVENTEEN

We receive freely when we give freely

187

(2)

The truth will make you free--John 8: 32

189

(2)

If you would find gold, you must search where gold is

191

(3)

William Juneau

Habit is the best of servants, the worst of masters

194

(2)

J. Jelinek

You cannot discover new oceans until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

196

(4)

WEEK EIGHTEEN

No one's education is ever complete

200

(2)

John M. Templeton

Accentuate the positive; eliminate the negative

202

(2)

Johnny Mercer

Forgiving uplifts the forgiver

204

(2)

John M. Templeton

The light of understanding dissolves the phantom of fear

206

(2)

Ellie Harold

Only one thing is more powerful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience!

208

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK NINETEEN

Make yourself necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread

212

(1)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth

213

(3)

John M. Templeton

Thoughts held in mind produce after their kind

216

(2)

Charles Fillmore

Progress requires change

218

(2)

John M. Templeton

Fortune knocks at the door of those who are prepared

220

(4)

WEEK TWENTY

A good reputation is more valuable than money

224

(2)

Publilius Syrus

To err is human, to forgive is divine

226

(2)

Alexander Pope

Never do anything that you'll have to punish yourself for

228

(2)

Reverse the word evil and you have the word live

230

(2)

Phinius P. Quimby

He who has a ``why'' for which to live, can bear with almost any ``how''

232

(4)

Friedrich Nietzsche

WEEK TWENTY-ONE

All that we are is the result of what we have thought

236

(2)

Buddha

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled

238

(3)

Wentworth Roscommon

You have the most powerful weapons on earth---love and prayer

241

(2)

John M. Templeton

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent

243

(2)

Eleanor Roosevelt

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave

245

(4)

Calvin Coolidge

WEEK TWENTY-TWO

Material progress needs entrepreneurs

249

(2)

John M. Templeton

As you are active in blessing others, they find their burdens easier to bear

251

(2)

John M. Templeton

Expect the best and your positive outlook opens the door to opportunity

253

(2)

John M. Templeton

When anger reigns, negative consequences occur

255

(3)

Charles D. Lelly

The wise person looks within his heart and finds eternal peace

258

(4)

Hindu proverb

WEEK TWENTY-THREE

Preparedness is a step to success

262

(3)

John M. Templeton

You are on the road to success if you realize that failure is only a detour

265

(2)

Corrie Ten Boom

Thanksgiving leads to giving and forgiving, and to spiritual growth

267

(3)

John M. Templeton

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer

270

(1)

Emmet Fox

Self-control leads to success

271

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK TWENTY-FOUR

Your thoughts are like boomerangs

275

(2)

Eileen Caddy

You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense

277

(2)

Ken Keyes

Little things mean a lot

279

(1)

Edith Linderman

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have

280

(2)

Ken Keves

Honesty is the best policy

282

(5)

Miguel de Cervantes

WEEK TWENTY-FIVE

Your prayers can be answered by ``Yes,'' but also by ``No,'' and by ``alternatives''

287

(2)

Ruth Stafford Peale

Healthy minds tend to cause healthy bodies, and vice versa

289

(2)

John M. Templeton

Outward beauty is transient, but inner beauty lasting

291

(2)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes

293

(2)

Help yourself by helping others

295

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK TWENTY-SIX

You create your own reality

299

(2)

Jane Roberts

A task takes as long as there is time to do it

301

(2)

Parkinson's Law

Often, a pat on the back works better than a kick in the pants

303

(2)

William Juneau

Give credit and help to all who have helped you

305

(3)

John M. Templeton

Thoughts can crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance

308

(4)

WEEK TWENTY-SEVEN

You can build your own heaven or hell on earth

312

(3)

John M. Templeton

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger--Proverbs 15: 1

315

(2)

The pen is mightier than the sword

317

(3)

E. G. Bulwer-Lytton

Worry achieves nothing and wastes valuable time

320

(2)

John M. Templeton

The greatness is not in me; I am in the greatness

322

(4)

WEEK TWENTY-EIGHT

Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

326

(2)

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained

328

(2)

Sir John Heywood

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom

330

(3)

Thomas Jefferson

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame others

333

(2)

Ted Engstrom

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder

335

(4)

Eileen Caddy

WEEK TWENTY-NINE

Joy provides assurance; envy brings loneliness

339

(2)

John M. Templeton

All sunshine makes a desert

341

(3)

Oriental Proverb

Whether you think you can or not, you are right

344

(2)

Henry Ford

The mind can make a heaven into a hell, or a hell into a heaven

346

(2)

John Milton

No man is free who is not master of himself

348

(4)

Epictetus

WEEK THIRTY

It is by forgetting self that one finds self

352

(2)

St. Francis

Leave no stone unturned

354

(2)

Euripides

What we focus on expands

356

(2)

Arnold Patent

As you think, so you are

358

(3)

Charles Fillmore

You choose the path you want to walk down

361

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK THIRTY-ONE

Destructive language tends to produce destructive results

365

(2)

John M. Templeton

Success feeds on itself and creates more success

367

(2)

John M. Templeton

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

369

(2)

Lord Chesterfield

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested

371

(3)

John M. Templeton

What is done is done

374

(5)

William Shakespeare

WEEK THIRTY-TWO

We can become bitter or better as a result of our experiences

379

(2)

Eric Butterworth

Joy is not in things, but is in you

381

(2)

John M. Templeton

Misfortunes can be blessings

383

(2)

John M. Templeton

Happiness pursued, eludes; happiness given, returns

385

(3)

John M. Templeton

Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure

388

(3)

Brian Adams

WEEK THIRTY-THREE

By their fruits, you shall know them

391

(2)

Matthew

Optimism has its roots in the abiding goodness

393

(2)

If you think you know it all, you are less likely to learn more

395

(2)

John M. Templeton

We carry within us the wonders that we seek without us

397

(2)

Eric Butterworth

The shadow of ignorance is fear

399

(3)

J. Jelinek

WEEK THIRTY-FOUR

You're either part of the problem or part of the solution

402

(2)

Eldridge Cleaver

A loving person lives in a loving world

404

(1)

Ken Keyes

The borrower is a servant to the lender--Proverbs 22:57

405

(2)

Whatever you have, you must use it or lose it

407

(2)

Henry Ford

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice

409

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK THIRTY-FIVE

Those who seldom make mistakes seldom make discoveries

413

(2)

John M. Templeton

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he would never be found out

415

(2)

Thomas Macaulay

Change your mind to change your life

417

(2)

John M. Templeton

Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you've always done things

419

(3)

Wayne Dyer

It is more blessed to give than to receive--Acts 20:35

422

(4)

WEEK THIRTY-SIX

Holding onto grievances is a decision to suffer

426

(2)

Gerald Jampolsky

The seven deadly sins are pride, lust, sloth, envy, anger, covetousness, and gluttony

428

(3)

St. Gregory

Appearances are often deceiving--Aesop

431

(3)

Zeal is the inward fire of the soul that urges you onward toward your goal

434

(2)

Charles Fillmore

Minds are like parachutes---they only function when they are open

436

(5)

Dick Sutphen

WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN

You are more defined by what comes out of your mouth than by what goes in

441

(2)

The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step

443

(2)

Lao Tzu

The dark of night is not the end of the world

445

(2)

Love conquers all things

447

(2)

Virgil

Count your blessings every day and they will grow and multiply like well-tended plants

449

(4)

William Juneau

WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT

You never really lose until you stop trying

453

(1)

Mike Ditka

Everyone should keep in reserve an alternate plan for livelihood

454

(3)

John M. Templeton

If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep walking

457

(2)

Buddhist proverb

The unknown is not unknowable and is vastly greater than the known

459

(2)

John M. Templeton

Forgiveness benefits both the giver and the receiver

461

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK THIRTY-NINE

Humility opens the door to progress

465

(2)

John M. Templeton

Your dreams can come true when you activate them

467

(2)

John M. Templeton

Work is love made visible

469

(2)

Kahlil Gibran

For every effect, there is a cause

471

(3)

Hermetic Principle

Those who do good do well

474

(4)

John M. Templeton

WEEK FORTY

Focus on where you want to go instead of where you have been

478

(2)

John M. Templeton

You get back what you give out

480

(2)

John M. Templeton

Thanksgiving opens the door to spiritual growth

482

(2)

John M. Templeton

The more love we give, the more love we have left

484

(3)

John M. Templeton

Every useful life is a ministry

487

(4)

John M. Templeton

Bibliography

491

(4)

Index

495

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