BY RALPH WALDO TRINE

“The Life Books”

In the Hollow of his hand
the new alinement of life
the Land of living men
what all the world’s A-seeking
in Tune with the infinite;
  or Fullness of Peace, Power and Plenty
the higher powers of mind and Spirit. 
This mystical life of ours
  A volume of selections for each week through the year,
  from the Author’s complete works.

The “Life” Booklets

On the open road
thoughts I met on the Highway
the winning of the best
the greatest thing ever known
every living creature
character-building thought power

Dodd, Mead & company
new York

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Thoughts are forces—­like builds like and like attracts like.  Thoughts of strength both build strength from within and attract it from without.  Thoughts of weakness actualize weakness from within and attract it from without.  Courage begets strength, fear begets weakness.  And so courage begets success, fear begets failure.

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    Any way the old world goes
      Happy be the weather! 
    With the red thorn or the rose
      Singin’ all together! 
    Don’t you see that sky o’ blue! 
      Good Lord painted it for you

    Reap the daisies in the dew
      Singin’ all together! 
    Springtime sweet, an’ frosty fall
      Happy be the weather! 
    Earth has gardens for us all,
      Goin’ on together.

    Sweet the labor in the light,
      To the harvest’s gold and white—­
    Till the toilers say “Good night,”
      Singin’ all together!

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There is no quality that exerts more good, is of greater service to all mankind during the course of the ordinary life, than the mind and the heart that goes out in an all-embracing love for all, that is the generator and the circulator of a genuine, hearty, wholesome sympathy and courage and good cheer, that is not disturbed or upset by the passing occurrence little or great, but that is serene, tranquil, and conquering to the end, that is looking for the best, that is finding the best, and that is inspiring the best in all.  There is moreover, no quality that when genuine brings such rich returns to its possessor by virtue of the thoughts and the feelings that it inspires and calls forth from others and that come back laden with their peaceful, stimulating, healthful influences for you.