Quotes from James Allen

Joy cannot remain with the selfish; it is wedded to Love.

Only by much searching and mining, are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.

Joy flees from the selfish, it deserts the quarrelsome; it is hidden from the impure.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

The birds are molting. If only man could molt also — his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions.

Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is a mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace.

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.

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.

The dreamers are the saviors of the world.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

The wisdom of goldilocks and three bears story is applicable to a lot.

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.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today.

As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be