James Allen

Engrave this Quote The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - read more

Engrave this Quote The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the read more

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the basis of all real wisdom and power.

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.

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your read more

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look read more

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women, he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.