The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.
JAMES ALLENHe must avoid quarreling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
More James Allen Quotes
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For weakness cannot persist in a power-evolving universe.
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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
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Circumstances do not shape us so much as they reveal us.
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Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.
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Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that the right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about the right results.
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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.
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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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Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
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The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
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The lazy man does the hardest work.
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For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
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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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He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: the environment is but a looking glass.
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Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions.
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