You are the ruler of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom -- the law within your body.
Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.
Every person is king in his own home.
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I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer. Here is our kingdom, the best of monarchies, the best republic. Here is our garden, our happiness.
However awful the storm of my disappointment, it's a response that belongs to me. It's my heart, after all. My territory, my kingdom. And since I'm the only one with the authority to surrender it, I can also take it back.
One of the reasons I love the online world is that although that exists in abundance you can choose absolutely which part of the online world you want to live in. You can make your own kingdom in that sense.
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
If there's anything I love after my wife and my kids, it's my toilet. I am king there.
The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.
My mind to me an empire is.