Quotes from James Allen

The great man, the wise man does small things greatly regarding nothing as "trivial" that is necessary. The weak man, the foolish man, does small things carelessly, and meanly, hankering the while after, some greater work for which, in his neglect and inability in small matters, he is ceaselessly advertising his incapacity.

No man can be confronted with a difficulty which he has not the strength to meet and subdue. Worry is not merely useless, it is folly, for it defeats that power and intelligence which is otherwise equal to the task.

Uncrown, and fill a servant's place.

Every difficulty can be overcome if rightly dealt with; anxiety is, therefore, unnecessary. The task which cannot be overcome ceases to be a difficulty, and becomes an impossibility; and anxiety is still unnecessary, for there is only one way of dealing with an impossibility - namely, to submit to it. The inevitable is the best.

The calm guy, having learned how to govern himself, knows the way to adapt himself to others; and they, in turn, reverence his non secular energy, and sense that they could examine of him and rely upon him. The more tranquil a man turns into, the greater is his achievement, his have an impact on, his strength for accurate.

That amazing poise of character, which we call serenity is the closing lesson of subculture, the fruitage of the soul. It is treasured as know-how, greater to be preferred than gold—yea, than even nice gold. How insignificant mere cash searching for appears in assessment with a serene existence—a existence that dwells in the ocean of Truth, below the waves, beyond the attain of tempests, in the Eternal Calm!

IF YOU WOULD PROTECT YOUR BODY, GUARD YOUR MIND.

Self-manage is power; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is strength. Say unto your heart, Peace, be nonetheless!

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

LET A MAN REALIZE that his life, in its totality, proceeds from his mind. Let him realize that the mind is a combination of habits which he can, by patient effort, modify to any extent, and over which he can thus gain complete ascendancy, mastery, and control. At once, he will have obtained possession of the key which shall open the door to his complete emancipation.

That exquisite poise of character, which we call serenity is the last lesson of culture, the fruitage of the soul.

Do not long to do great and laudable things; these will do themselves if you do your present task nobly.

Those who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered

Let the rich cease to despise the poor, and the poor to condemn the rich; let the greedy learn how to give, and the lustful how to grow pure; let the partisan cease from strife, and the uncharitable begin to forgive; let the envious endeavor to rejoice with others, and the slanderers grow ashamed of their conduct. Let men and women take this course, and, lo! the Golden Age is at hand. He, therefore, who purifies his own heart is the world's greatest benefactor.

See that your every fleeting moment is strong, pure, and purposeful; put earnestness and unselfishness into every passing task and duty; make your every thought, word, and deed sweet and true; thus learning, by practice and experience, the inestimable value of the small things of life, you will gather, little by little, abundant and enduring blessedness.

The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous. All the great Teachers of the ages have declared this in varying forms, and to prove and know it a man has but to persist in making himself more and more virtuous by lifting up his thoughts.

The partisan clings to his little, fleeting, flimsy opinion, and thinks it the greatest thing in the world. He is so in love with his own conclusion (which is only a form of self love), that he thinks all men ought to agree with him, and he regards men as more or less stupid who do not see as he sees, while he praises the good judgement of those who are one with him in his view. Such a man cannot have knowledge, cannot have truth.

Man is made or unmade via himself; within the armoury of thought he forges the weapons via which he destroys himself; he additionally models the gear with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of pleasure and power and peace.

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or metaphysical hypotheses, and that Spiritual Principles can be understood by this method. The Higher Life is higher living in thought, word, and deed, and the knowledge of those Spiritual Principles which are imminent in man and in the universe can only be acquired after long discipline in the pursuit and practice of Virtue.

In this path, as in no different, is the regulation absolute that He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened; for most effective through endurance, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.

MAN'S thoughts can be likened to a lawn, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; however whether cultivated or unnoticed, it need to, and could, bring forth. If no beneficial seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and could maintain to supply their kind.

head; Yet heeds he not, for him they cannot slay Who stands whence earth and time and space are fled. Sheltered by deathless love, what fear hath he? Armored in changeless Truth, what can he know Of loss and gain? Knowing eternity, He moves not whilst the shadows come and go. Call him immortal, call him Truth and Light And splendor of prophetic majesty Who bideth thus amid the powers of night, Clothed with the glory of divinity.

Healthy thoughts become healthy habits. Hold a vision of yourself glowing with energy and vitality, act in harmony with that vision, and you will grow to embody it.

The righteous man does not need your sympathy, but the unrighteous; he who, by his wrong-doing, is laying up for himself long periods of suffering and woe is in need of it.