- The history of a nation is the building of its deeds.
AS a body is built of cells, and a house of bricks, so an individual’s mind is built of thoughts. The various characters of people are none other than compounds of thoughts of varying combinations. Herein we see the deep truth of the saying, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Individual characteristics are fixed processes of thought; that is, they are fixed in the sense that they have become an integral part of the character, that they can be only altered or removed by a protracted effort of the will, and by much self-discipline. Character is built in the same way as a tree or a house is built — namely, by the ceaseless addition of new material, and that material is thought. By the aid of millions of bricks a city is built; by the aid of millions of thoughts a character is built.
- The character of an individual is the building of their deeds.
