Self Quotes by James Allen

9 Self quotes by James Allen

James Allen’s nine brief maxims echo his classic self‑help style, urging readers toward disciplined thought and personal responsibility. The tone is steady, almost meditative.

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“Self-seeking is self-destruction”

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Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

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“Such is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is…

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Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that…

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There can be no progress nor achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be by the measure that he sacrifices…

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Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.…

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“Without self-discipline a man drifts lower and lower, approximating more and more nearly to the beast, until at last he grovels, a…

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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not…

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“They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings, all of…

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“The soul attracts that which it secretly harbours; that which it loves, and also that which it fears;”

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“All achievements, whether in the business, intellectual, or spiritual world, are the result of definitely directed thought, are governed by the same law and…

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“Cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. Mind…

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Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

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

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In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results.

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The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the basis of all real…

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“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…

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“The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune,…

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A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

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Rely upon your own judgment; be true to your own conscience; follow the light that is within you; all outward lights are so many…

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“By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he…

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“Without self-discipline a man drifts lower and lower, approximating more and more nearly to the beast, until at last he grovels, a lost creature,…

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

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