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As a Man Thinketh

As a Man Thinketh

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By James Allen
‘They themselves are markers of themselves’ by virtue of thoughts, which they choose and encourage.
Mind is the master-weaver, both of inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.
As they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts
As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have a period without them.
This applies equally to those acts called ‘spontaneous’ and ‘unpremeditated’ as to those which are deliberately executed
Cause and effect are absolute
Nobility is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking
Man is made or unmade by himself
In the Armory of thought he Forge is the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace
By the right choice and true application of thought, Madness sense to the divine perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast
Man is the maker and master
As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the Lord of his own thoughts, Man holds the key to every situation, and contained within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills
Discovery is totally a matter of application, self analysis, and experience
Dive deep into the mine of your soul. Extracting gold and Diamond thoughts
Link cause abs effect by patient practice and investigation
’He that seeketh, findeth. And to him that knocketh it shall be opened’
Man is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
He also reveals, within himself, the laws of thought, and understands,
with ever increasing accuracy
how the thought-forces and mind elements operate in the shaping of his character, circumstances, and destiny.
This does not mean that a man’s circumstances at any given time or an indication of his entire character, but that those circumstances are so intimately connected with some vital thought-element within himself that, for the time being, they are indispensable to his development
Circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has for any length of time practiced self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition.
Virtuous aspirations
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
Lord of thought
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound
Thought and action are jailers of fate and angels of freedom
Man is the causer (though nearly always is unconsciously) of his circumstances, and that, whilst aiming at a good end, he is continually frustrating its accomplishment by encouraging thoughts and desires which cannot possibly harmonize with that end.
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.
This is but saying that nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles but nettles.
Men understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but if you understand it in the mental and moral world.
Blessedness, not material possessions, is the measure of right thought. Wretchedness, not a lack of material possessions, is the measure of wrong thought.
Blessedness and riches are only join together when the riches are rightly and widely used; and the poor man only descends into wretchedness when he regards his lot as a burden unjustly imposed.
Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.
Thought cannot be kept secret, it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.
Thoughts of fear, doubt, indecision//weak, unmanly, irresolute habits//failure, indigence, slavish dependence circumstances
Impure thoughts//enervating and confusing habits//distracting and adverse circumstances
Lazy thoughts//habits of uncleanliness and dishonesty//solidify into circumstances of foulness and beggary
Hateful and condemnatory thoughts//habits of accusation and violence//solidify into circumstances of injury and persecution
Selfish thoughts//habits of self-seeking, which solidify into circumstances more or less distressing.
On the other hand
Beautiful thoughts//habits of grace and kindliness//solidify into genial and sunny circumstances
Pure thoughts//habits of temperance and self-control//solidify into circumstances of repose and peace
Thoughts of courage, self-reliance, and decision//manly habits//solidify into circumstances of success, plenty, and freedom.
Loving and unselfish thoughts//habits of self-forgetfulness for others//solidify into circumstances of sure and abiding prosperity and true riches.
The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colors, which at every every succeeding moment it presents to you are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever moving thoughts
Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.
Aimlessness is a vice
They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings, all of which are indicators of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.
Make your purse the centralizing point of your thoughts
Strength can only be developed by effort and practice
Failure is a pathway to attainment
Think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.
A man should mentally mark out a straight pathway to its achievement, looking neither to the right or left.
Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplished anything, and never can.
All strong thoughts cease when doubt and fear creep in.
The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.
He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered life.
Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force: he who knows this is ready to become something higher and stronger than a mere bundle of wavering thoughts and fluctuating sensations;
he who does this has become the conscious and intelligent wielder of his mental powers
ALL THAT a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts
As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to the oppressor nor oppressed. He is free.
Man is limited by thoughts, which he chooses.
and fixes his mind on The development of his plans,
There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice, and a man’s worldly success will be the measure that he sacrifices his confused and more thoughts,
And the strengthening of his resolution and self reliance.
Intellectual achievements are the result of thought consecrated to the search for knowledge, or for the beautiful and true in life and nature
Many give away one success is a shared, and rapidly fall back into failure
He who would accomplish Little must sacrifice little; he would achieve much must sacrifice much; he would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
THE DREAMERS are the saviors of the world.
He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to, achieve.
Ask and receive.
Dreams are the seedlings of realities
You will receive that which you earn. No more, no less.
CALMNESS OF MIND is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control
The calm man, having learned how to govern himself, knows how to adapt to others; and they, in turn, reverence his spiritual strength, and feel that they can learn of him and rely upon him.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
People will always prefer to deal with a man whose demeanor is strongly equable.
Mere money seeking looks in comparison with a serene life - a life that dwells in the ocean of Truth, beneath the waves, beyond the reach of tempests, in the Eternal Calm!
Yes, humanity surges with uncontrolled passion, is tumultuous with ungoverned grief, is blown about by anxiety and doubt only the wise man,
only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery, calmness is power.
Say unto your heart ‘Peace, be still!’