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Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
James AllenJames Allen A man’s worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts.
James AllenJames Allen The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure.
James AllenJames Allen 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.
James AllenJames Allen A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
James AllenJames Allen He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
James AllenJames Allen 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.
James AllenJames Allen He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free.
James AllenJames Allen A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
James AllenJames Allen He no longer acts from self but does what is right – what is universally and eternally right.
James AllenJames Allen 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.
James AllenJames Allen The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.
James AllenJames Allen Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
James AllenJames Allen Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
James AllenJames Allen The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.
James AllenJames Allen The dream is the promise for what you will be one day.
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You burned through my heart, leaving scars I thought was love. But when the smoke cleared all you left was charred destruction.
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Z. ElliottZ. Elliott You taste love once & exhale destruction forever.
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