MASTERY OF SELF. How To Develop Your Inner Forces And Powers (Timeless Wisdom Collection Book 224)

Larson, one of the masters of self-development of the early 20th century, gives us in this slim book so much wisdom and good advice, that you would want to read and reread it in the different stages of your life. He says:

"Man is made for attainment and achievement; to ever become greater and greater than he is now – that is the purpose of his life; and to promote that purpose he must ever advance in the mastery of self.
To move forward in the path of attainment, everything in the being of man must be employed constructively; every process in mind or body must become a building process, and all the elements and forces in the human system must work together towards the great goal in view; but to direct the whole of self to work for a greater self demands the mastery of self.
No power in man can do what it is created to do, and what it has the capacity to do, until it is directed by man himself; powers, elements, forces, and things are at the disposal of man; they can only do what he directs them to do; they respond only to his control, but before man can gain the power to master forces and things, he must gain the power to master himself. "

Larson explains that we all have infinite possibilities. We have the power to master all forces, but before we can have that privilege, we must master our thoughts and emotions. This way you become truly master, never moved by outer things.
He also discusses how we are to develop and practice our inner forces and powers; the proper use of willpower; how our mind, and consciousness can be made to work together for the attainment of true supremacy, etc.