As a Man Thinketh Quotes

“A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abun- dance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“A strong man cannot help a weaker unless that 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.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“His condition is also his own, and not another man’s. His suffering and his happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“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 being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself.”
― Mina Parker, As a Man Thinketh: Create the Life You Want, A Hampton Roads Collection

“Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits;”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“When he begins to reflect upon his condition, and to search diligently for the Law upon which his being is established, he then becomes the wise master, directing his energies with intelligence, and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“It is the epoch of threatening disaster, ruin, and persecution which divides the sheep from the goats,”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“Law, not confusion, is the dominating principle in the universe; justice, not injustice, is the soul and substance of life; and righteousness, not corruption, is the moulding and moving force in the spiritual government of the world. This being so, man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right; and during the process of putting himself right he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh ( Free Audiobook)

“Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force: he who knows this is ready to become something higher and stronger than a mere bundle of wavering thoughts and fluctuating sensations; he who does this has become the conscious and intelligent wielder of his mental powers.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. His every thought is allied with power, and all difficulties are bravely met and wisely overcome.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“This being so, man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right; and during the process of putting himself right he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“Blessedness, not material possessions, is the measure of right thought; wretchedness, not lack of material possessions, is the measure of wrong thought. A man may be cursed and rich; he may be blessed and poor.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“and on the way to, yet long before he has reached, that supreme perfection, he will have found, working in his mind and life, the Great Law which is absolutely just, and which cannot, therefore, give good for evil, evil for good. Possessed of such knowledge, he will then know, looking back upon his past ignorance and blindness, that his life is, and always was, justly ordered, and that all his past experiences, good and bad, were the equitable outworking of his evolving, yet unevolved self.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“You will be what you will to be;”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh: The Complete Original Edition and Master of Destiny: A GPS Guide to Life

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― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh: Of James Allen, In Rhyme

“Wake Him. Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, “Peace, be still!”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“A noble and Godlike character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with Godlike thoughts.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.”
― James Allen, As a man thinketh

“Uncrown, and fill a servant's place.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh: Of James Allen, In Rhyme

“Change of diet will not help a man who will not change his thoughts.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh: Of James Allen, In Rhyme

“Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh: Of James Allen, In Rhyme

“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 being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh ( Free Audiobook)

“Es precioso como la sabiduría, debe ser más deseado que el oro - sí, incluso que el oro fino.  ¡Que insignificante se ve la simple búsqueda del dinero en comparación con una vida serena - una vida que habita en el océano de la Verdad, por debajo de las olas, fuera del alcance de las tempestades, en la Calma Eterna!”
― James Allen, Como el hombre piensa: Así es su vida

“Nature helps every man to the gratification of the thoughts, which he most encourages, and opportunities are presented which will most speedily bring to the surface both the good and evil thoughts.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“putting himself right he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“As a progressive and evolving being, man is where he is that he may learn that he may grow; and as he learns the spiritual lesson which any circumstance contains for him, it passes away and gives place to other circumstances”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened;" for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh