As a Man Thinketh by James Allenby Parker on TwosWhen a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which lead to failure, unhappiness, and loss.Having conceived of his purpose, a man should mentally mark out a straight pathway to its achievement, looking neither to the right nor to the left.Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplish anything, and never can. They always lead to failure.A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.Before a man can achieve anything, even in worldly things, he must lift his thoughts above slavish animal indulgence.He who would achieve much must sacrifice much.You will always gravitate toward that which you secretly most love.The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthroned in your heart—this you will build your life by, this you will become.