He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
You are the ruler of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom -- the law within your body.
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.
Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.
It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.
Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.
It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.
I see Christ's love is so kingly, that it will not abide a marrow it must have a throne all alone in the soul.
My mind is wholly possessed by Love, who rules every part there of, in virtue of his all-embracing deity.
