James Allen ( 10 of 45 )
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.
Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember read more
Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is read more
When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries read more
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.
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
One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is read more
One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is to understand how we can help people make the right choices to understand that they have real control of a lot of the health risks in their lives,
We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We read more
We hope people will walk away with the idea that this was a very frequent act of violence, ... We won't be able to deny it any longer.
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as read more
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
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.
