Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
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The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors that which it loves, and also that which it fears it reaches the height of its cherished aspirations it falls to the level of its unchastened desires. Every thought-seed sown or allowed to fall into the mind, and to take root there, produces its own, blossoming sooner or later into act, and bearing its own furtive of opportunity and circumstance. Good thoughts bear good fruit bad thought, bad fruit.James Allen
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
James Allen
When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.
James Allen
Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory.
James Allen
The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless to remove itself, neither will it pass away of itself. Darkness ceases only when light is introduced so ignorance can only be dispersed by Knowledge selfishness by Love.
James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
James Allen
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