The Ennobling Power of Pure Thoughts
      
      
        We need a constant sense of the ennobling power of pure thoughts.
      
      
        The only security for any soul is right thinking. As a man “thinketh in
      
      
        his heart, so is he.” The power of self-restraint strengthens by exercise.
      
      
        That which at first seems difficult, by constant repetition grows easy,
      
      
        until right thoughts and actions become habitual. If we will, we may
      
      
        turn away from all that is cheap and inferior, and rise to a higher
      
      
        standard; we may be respected by men, and beloved of God.—
      
      
        The
      
      
        Ministry of Healing, 491
      
      
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