New Thought Wisdom
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"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him." -- James Allen
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Quotes by James Allen
(28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912)
“The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny” - James Allen
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.” - James Allen
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." -James Allen
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound." -James Allen (Lectures Lectures 5-8)
“It is a wise thing to bless the money you spend, and to know it will com back to you multiplied. " -James Allen
“Though the night be long, the Morning comes; And with it comes sunshine and singing. Though the world be in its long night, the Great Day will dawn." -James Allen The Divine Companion (1919)
“A man may read Scripture, study religions, and practise mystical arts; but if he allows his tongue to run loosely, he will be as foolish at the end of all his labours as he was at the beginning." -James Allen The Shining Gateway (1915)
“Intellectual and moral excellence constitute the passport to existence in the human world." -James Allen Men and Systems (1914)
“By the words which he utters is a man’s spiritual condition declared; by these also is he finally and infallibly adjudged, for as the Divine Master of the Christian world has declared, “By thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned." -James Allen Foundation Stones To Happiness And Success (1913)
“Better even than curing the body is to rise above it; to be its master, and not to be tyrannised over by it; not to abuse it, not to pander to it, never to put its claims before virtue; to discipline and moderate its pleasures, and not to be overcome by its pains - in a word, to live in the poise and strength of the moral powers, this, better than bodily cure, is a yet a safe way to cure, and it is a permanent source of mental vigour and spiritual repose. " -James Allen Man: King Of Mind, Body and Circumstance (1911)
“All things, whether visible or invisible, are subservient to, and fall within the scope of, this infinite and eternal law of causation. As all things seen obey it, so all things unseen — the thoughts and deeds of men, whether secret or open— cannot escape it." -James Allen The Mastery of Destiny (1909)
“The calm man succeeds where the disturbed man fails. He is fit to deal with any external difficulty, who has successfully grappled with the most intricate difficulties and problems within his own heart. He who has succeeded in governing the within is best equipped to govern the without. The calm mind perceives a difficulty in all its bearings and understands best how to meet it. The disturbed mind is the lost mind. It has become blind, seeing not whither to go, but only feeling its own unhappiness and fear. " -James Allen The Life Triumphant: Mastering The Heart and Mind (1908)
“Do you say that you are lonely and unloved, and have "not a friend in the world"? Then, I pray you,. for the sake of your own happiness, blame nobody but yourself." -James Allen The Path of Prosperity (1907)
“Suffering does not originate in the perfect but in the imperfect; it does not mark the complete but the incomplete; it can, therefore, be transcended. Its self-born cause can be found, investigated, comprehended, and for ever removed" -James Allen Byways Of Blessedness (1904)
“THE Children of Light, who abide in the Kingdom of Heaven, see the universe, and all that it contains, as the manifestation of one Law — the Law of Love. They see Love as the moulding, sustaining, protecting, and perfecting Power immanent in all things animate and inanimate. To them Love is not merely and only a rule of life, it is the Law of Life, it is Life itself. Knowing this, they order their whole life in accordance with Love, not regarding their own personality." -James Allen All These Things Added (1902)
“Let your soul expand, let your heart reach out to others in loving and generous warmth, and great and lasting will be your joy, and all prosperity will come to you. Those who have wandered from the highway of righteousness guard themselves against competition; those who always pursue the right need not to trouble about such defense." -James Allen From Poverty to Power; or, the Realization of Prosperity and Peace (1901)
“There is no physician like cheerful thought for dissipating the ills of the body; there is no compforter to compare with goodwill for dispersing the shadoes of grief and sorrow. To live continually in thought of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But to think well of all, to be cherrful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all--such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature iwll bring abounding peace to their possessor." -James Allen As A Man Thinketh (1902)
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