Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his… — James Allen Copy Share Image
As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. — James Allen Copy Share Image
“The soul attracts that which it secretly harbours; that which it loves, and also that which it fears;” — James Allen Copy Share Image
“All achievements, whether in the business, intellectual, or spiritual world, are the result of definitely directed thought, are governed by the same law and… — James Allen Copy Share Image
“Cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. Mind… — James Allen Copy Share Image
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. — James Allen Copy Share Image
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results. — James Allen Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the basis of all real… — James Allen Copy Share Image
“mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto… — James Allen Copy Share Image
“The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune,… — James Allen Copy Share Image
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. — James Allen Copy Share Image
Rely upon your own judgment; be true to your own conscience; follow the light that is within you; all outward lights are so many will-o'-the-wisps. There will be those who tell you that you are foolish; that your judgment is faulty; that your conscience is all awry, and that the light within you is darkness; but heed them not. If… — James Allen Copy Share