...the fact that war is a manifestation of the baser passion of human nature. True it is that " he who ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city," and yet war with all its horrors calls for the exercise of all that self-restraint, and all that strength...

...live with the determination that the nation's life shall be animated by the philosophy that "He who ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." It is only when the positive force is supplemented by what might be called the negative force that...

...of the fashionable or ambitious. It must have pondered well and wisely that saying of the wise man, 'he that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' It must know how to poise itself on its own convictions of truth and duty, and stand undismayed, though...

...of the fashionable or ambitious. It must have pondered well and wisely that saying of the wise man, 'he that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' It must know how to poise itself on its own convictions of truth and duty, and stand undismayed, though...

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...tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. — In Memoriam. He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city. — Proverbs. CHAPTER X SELF-MASTERY JESUS CHRIST, the Great Exemplar, is himself the living embodiment...

...rest," she avowed magnanimously. "Come and kiss me, my dear, and in your prayers to-night remember that 'he that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " She enveloped Rose in the embrace known to Minerva House as the "bear's hug" without which no "row"...

...established in strength in the relations they must bear to the affairs of the world of which they are a part. "He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx X Retirement of Superannuated x Government Employees...

...light and does the right " is always greater than the man who thinks and plans for personal success. " He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Facts are dead; truth lives and is personal; worth reveals the complete person, the perfect model....

...weaknesses and peculiarities, as we have already mentioned. In all situations, no matter how exasperating, " He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." The teacher should always respect the feelings of his students and in dealing with them should always...