James Allen

“Self-seeking is self-destruction”

— James Allen

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

— James Allen

Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought.

— James Allen

“Unrest and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life.”

— James Allen

There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.

— James Allen

If you would perfect your body, guard your mind.

— James Allen

The dreamers are the saviors of the world.

— James Allen

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

— James Allen

“Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.”

— James Allen

A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.

— James Allen

“Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still!”

— James Allen

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.

— James Allen

Jesus brooded upon the Divine imminence until at last he could declare, I and my Father are One.

— James Allen

“The measure of a man's truth is the measure of his love, and Truth is far removed from him whose life is…

— James Allen

“In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute.”

— James Allen

“Exert yourself ceaselessly in decreasing evil and accumulating good.”

— James Allen

“Out of a clean heart comes a clean life and a clean body. Out of a defiled mind proceeds a defiled life…

— James Allen

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams…

— James Allen

A noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in…

— James Allen

“Blessedness, not material possessions, is the measure of right thought; wretchedness, not lack of material possessions, is the measure of wrong thought.”

— James Allen

As water, when transmuted into steam, becomes a new, more definite and wide-reaching power, so passion, when transmuted into intellectual and moral…

— James Allen

A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses…

— James Allen

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or…

— James Allen

“he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this…

— James Allen

Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the…

— James Allen

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

— James Allen

As the smallest drop of water detached from the ocean contains all the qualities of the ocean, so man, detached in consciousness…

— James Allen

“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden…

— James Allen

“Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so…

— James Allen

“A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills…

— James Allen

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold the pen wrongly, and to form its…

— James Allen

“The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically…

— James Allen

“A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose…

— James Allen

“A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose…

— James Allen

“How many people we know who sour their lives, who ruin all that is sweet and beautiful by explosive tempers, who destroy…

— James Allen

“In the beautiful words of Staton Kirkham Davis, 'You may be keeping accounts, and presently you shall walk out of the door…

— James Allen

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

— James Allen

“Ignorant men imagine that dishonesty is a short cut to prosperity. July Twenty-First. HONESTY is the surest way to success. The clay…

— James Allen

“Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material…

— James Allen

“impure thoughts of every kind crystallize into enervating and confusing habits, which solidify into distracting and adverse circumstances: thoughts of fear, doubt,…

— James Allen