Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
JAMES ALLENThe human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.
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He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: the environment is but a looking glass.
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They who have no central purpose in their life fall easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings.
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Suffering is always the effect of wrong thoughts in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being.
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All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
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Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.
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The lazy man does the hardest work.
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For you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love.
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Whether you be a man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step.
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The act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits.
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When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and he is richer who is generous with what he has.
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To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve.
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The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.
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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.
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Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they, therefore, remain bound.
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Self-control is strength, Right Thought is mastery, Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, Peace, be still.
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If you would protect your body, guard your mind. If you would renew your body, beautify your mind. Thoughts of malice, envy, disappointment, despondency, rob the body of its health and grace.
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No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.
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A man’s worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
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Self-seeking is self-destruction.
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The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.
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Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
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Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.
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