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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.

James Allen

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.
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Attraction Fear Love Secret Soul
They who have no central purpose in their life fall easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings.
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Easy Fear Life Purpose Worry
When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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Desire Food Man
Every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought.
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Act Hide Man
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
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Beginning Failure Strong Success Thinking
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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Character Generous Poor Satisfaction
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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Life Man Material Transformation
Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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Destruction Himself Vice
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
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Inspirational Success True Yourself
Thought is the fount of action, life, and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.
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Action Life Philosophy Spiritual
There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.
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Philosophy Quality Thinking
Self-seeking is self-destruction.
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Destruction One Liner Seek
All evil is corrective and remedial and is therefore not permanent.
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Evil Spiritual
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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Deep Direction Man
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
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Control Power Strength
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice, he ascends.
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Choice Himself Man Right

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