The Sovereignty of Self: Self-Control, Truth, and Calmness

By William George Jordan and W P M

The Sovereignty of Self brings together three enduring works by William George Jordan: The Power of Truth, The Majesty of Calmness, and Self-Control: Its Kingship and Majesty. Though each approaches the subject from a different direction, together they form a single philosophy: that the greatest power a person can possess is mastery over oneself.

Jordan wrote at the turn of the twentieth century, but his message is timeless - character is not determined by circumstance, fortune, or the opinions of others, but by the quiet government of one's own thoughts, emotions, words, and actions. Truth gives this inner life its foundation. Calmness gives it strength. Self-control gives it command.

Throughout these works, Jordan returns to the idea that much of what disturbs us gains its power only through the power we surrender to it. Anger, worry, fear, resentment, dishonesty, and impulse become rulers when we allow them to govern us. The person who learns instead to govern himself becomes increasingly independent of circumstance-not because the world ceases to trouble him, but because the world no longer so easily determines what happens within him.

This is the sovereignty Jordan speaks to: not dominion over others, but dominion over oneself. Read together, these three books offer something greater than a collection of essays on character. They present a philosophy of personal rule-a reminder that before we attempt to master our circumstances, influence others, or shape the world around us, there is one kingdom over which we must first learn to reign: the self.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HG4C5MFC
• ISBN13: 9798193960904
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.0"