You really deserve to be Rich

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not
possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man
can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he
has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have
many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy
them with.

A man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is
so organized that man must have money in order to become the possessor of
things; therefore, the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of
getting rich.

The object of all life is development; and everything that lives have an
inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.
Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the
things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical
enfoldment; or, in other words, his right to be rich.

The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of
living is rich; and no man who has not plenty of money can have all he wants.
Life has advanced so far, and become so complex, that even the most ordinary
man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner
that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become all
that they are capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is
inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be.
Success in life is becoming what you want to be; you can become what you
want to be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of
things only as you become rich enough to buy them. To understand the science
of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.

There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for riches is really the
desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life; and that desire is praise
worthy. The man who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and
so the man who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is
abnormal.

There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the
mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is better or holier than the other; all
are alike desirable, and no one of the three--body, mind, or soul--can live fully
if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not right or
noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body; and it is wrong to live for
the intellect and deny body or soul.

We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living for the body
and denying both mind and soul; and we see that real life means the complete
expression of all that man can give forth through body, mind, and soul.
Whatever he can say, no man can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is
living fully in every function, and unless the same is true of his mind and his
soul. Wherever there is unexpressed possibility, or function not performed,
there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function
seeking performance.

Man cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable clothing, and
warm shelter; and without freedom from excessive toil. Rest and recreation are
also necessary to his physical life.

He cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study them, without
opportunity for travel and observation, or without intellectual companionship.
To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations, and must surround
himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and
appreciating. To live fully in soul, man must have love; and love is denied
expression by poverty.

A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he
loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The
man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a
citizen, or as a man.

It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops
his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of supreme importance to him that
he should be rich.

It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich; if you are a normal man or
woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly right that you should give your
best attention to the Science of Getting Rich, for it is the noblest and most
necessary of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty
to yourself, to God and humanity; for you can render to God and humanity no
greater service than to make the most of yourself.