You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. James Allen More Quotes by James Allen More Quotes From James Allen The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. James Allen dreamsleepinspirational Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him. James Allen menlifepeople Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. James Allen a-man-thinkethmasteryself The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. James Allen happinessinspirationallife Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. For out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built. James Allen beautyinspirationallove In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. James Allen service-culturestrengthdetermination The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat. James Allen deedsliteraturemen The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. James Allen law-of-attractionsoulspiritual 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. James Allen learningstrongmean No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. James Allen thanksgivingthankfulthank-you As the smallest drop of water detached from the ocean contains all the qualities of the ocean, so man, detached in consciousness from the Infinite, contains within him its likeness; and as the drop of water must, by the law of its nature, ultimately find its way back to the ocean and lose itself in its silent depths, so must man, by the unfailing law of his nature, at last return to his source, and lose himself in the great ocean of the Infinite. James Allen oceannaturemen A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts. James Allen ignorancewisemen 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. James Allen inspirationalmenpeople Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. James Allen fashionstrengthpeace The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs. James Allen beliefhappinessbelieve Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied. James Allen loverelationshipthinking 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 karmaweedrunning Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. James Allen successinspirationallife Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. James Allen not-giving-upencouraginginspiration Man, as a spiritual being, cannot be maintained in strength, uprightness, and peace except if he periodically withdraw himself from the outer world of perishable things and reach inwardly towards the abiding and imperishable realities. James Allen spiritualmenreality
