The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.
JAMES ALLENA man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
More James Allen Quotes
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Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought.
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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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As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.
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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 world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
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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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The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure.
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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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The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought.
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The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.
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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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Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bad fruit.
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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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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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