Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
JAMES ALLENHe no longer acts from self but does what is right – what is universally and eternally right.
More James Allen Quotes
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The world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
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They themselves are makers of themselves.
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As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both of suffering and bliss
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As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
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You will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your Vision, your Ideal.
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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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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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The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
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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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The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure.
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Such is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analysis, and experience.
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One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.
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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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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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To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve.
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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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Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts.
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The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought.
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If your real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
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Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less.
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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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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice, he ascends.
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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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Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction.
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A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.
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A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
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