A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
JAMES ALLENIf 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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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice, he ascends.
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One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.
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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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When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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He must avoid quarreling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
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You will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your Vision, your Ideal.
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Thoughts of malice, envy, disappointment, despondency, rob the body of its health and grace.
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Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
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The lazy man does the hardest work.
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The world is your kaleidoscope.
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A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.
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A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.
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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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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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Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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