Wallace Wattles Quotes

“Abandon everything you have outgrown.”

“I surrender my body to be ruled by my mind; I surrender my mind to be governed by my soul, and I surrender my soul to the guidance of God.”

“If you are not in an environment where there is scope for your best powers and talents you can move in due time; but meanwhile you can be great where you are.

Lincoln was as great when he was a backwoods lawyer as when he was President; as a backwoods lawyer he did common things in a great way, and that made him President.”

“Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing.”

“Knowledge of truth is not often reached by the processes of reason. It was due to a spiritual insight.”

“To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person.”

“We must remember that this is not a bad world but a good world in the process of becoming.”

“Without faith, it is impossible for you to become great.”

“You can always start doing small things in a big way. Here lies the secret.”

“You must lay aside your greed; have no unworthy motive in your desire to become rich and powerful.

It is legitimate and right to desire riches, if you want them for the sake of your soul, but not if you desire them for the lists of the flesh.

Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.”

“You must learn not to look upon the world as a lost and decaying thing but as a something perfect and glorious which is going on to a most beautiful completeness; and you must learn to see men and women not as lost and accursed things, but as perfect beings advancing to become complete.

There are no 'bad' or 'evil' people. An engine which is on the rails pulling a heavy train is perfect after its kind, and it is good. The power of steam which drives it is good.

Let a broken rail throw the engine into the ditch, and it does not become bad or evil by being so displaced; it is a perfectly good engine, but off the track. The power of steam which drives it into the ditch and wrecks it is not evil, but a perfectly good power.

So that which is misplaced or applied in an incomplete or partial way is not evil. There are no evil people; there are perfectly good people who are off the track, but they do not need condemnation or punishment; they only need to get upon the rails again.”