Love is man’s greatest experience. It brings one into communication with Infinite Intelligence. It is an outward expression of the spiritual nature of man.

When Love is combined with the spirit of romance, the world may well rejoice, for these are the potentials of the great leaders who are the profound thinkers of the world.

Love makes all mankind akin.

It clears out selfishness, greed, jealousy and envy – and makes right royal kings of the humblest of men. True greatness will never be found where loves does not abide.

The love to which I refer is the “élan vital” – the lifegiving factor – the spring of action – of all the creative endeavors which have lifted mankind to the present state of refinement and culture.

It is the one factor which draws a clear line of demarcation between man and all of the creatures of the earth below him. It is the one factor which determines for every man the amount of space he shall occupy in the hearts of his fellowmen.

Love is the warp and the woof of all the riches of life. It embellishes all riches and gives them the quality of endurance, evidence of which may be revealed by cursory observation of all who have acquired material riches but have not acquired love.

The habit of Going the Extra Mile leads to the attainment of that spirit of love, for there can be no greater expression of love than that demonstrated through service rendered unselfishly for the benefit of others.

If a man be truly great he will be compassionate, sympathetic and tolerant. He will love the good and bad among all humanity. The good he will love with pride and admiration and joy. The bad he will love with pity and sorrow, for he will know, if he be truly great, that both good and bad qualities in men often are but the results of circumstances over which they have, because of their ignorance, little control.

The great minds of every age have recognized love as the eternal elixir that binds the heartwounds of mankind and makes men their brothers’ keepers.

If a man is truly great, he will love all mankind!

January, 1955, Success Unlimited