James Allen

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and read more

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a
being of power, intelligence, and read more

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a
being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts,
he holds the key to every situation.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity read more

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of
a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his
surroundings.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce read more

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite