WHEN we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. WENDELL BERRY
JAMES ALLEN 1864-1912— “AS A MAN THINKETH”
LILY ALLEN: JAMES never wrote theories or for the sake of writing; but he wrote when he had a message and it became a message only when he had lived it out in his own life and knew that it was good. Thus he wrote facts which he had proven by practice.
DREAMS ARE THE SEEDLINGS OF REALITIES.
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.
FOR TRUE SUCCESS ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? why not know.
SELF-CONTROL IS STRENGTH. RIGHT THOUGHT IS MASTERY. CALMNESS IS POWER.
A PERSON IS LIMITED BY THE THOUGHTS THAT HE CHOOSES.
THE OUTER CONDITIONS of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
THINK LOVINGLY, SPEAK LOVINGLY, ACT LOVINGLY & EVERY NEED SHALL BE SUPPLIED.
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.
MEN are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves; theythere fore remain bound.
CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT MAKE THE MAN — THEY REVEAL HIM.
THE SOUL attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves and also that which it fears.
THEY WHO HAVE CONQUERED DOUBT & FEAR HAVE CONQUERED FAILURE.
THE VISION THAT YOU GLORIFY IN YOUR MIND — the ideal that you enthrone in your heart — this you will build your life by — this you will become.
NO DUTY IS MORE URGENT THAN THAT OF RETURNING THANKS.
ALL that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.
A MAN can only rise, conquer and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.
IN ALL HUMAN AFFAIRS there are efforts and there are results and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
WORK joyfully and peacefully knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
MEN do not attract that which they want but that which they are.
THOUGHT is the fountain of action, life & manifestation; make the fountain pure and all will be pure.
MIND is the master weaver both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.
AS HE THINKS, SO HE IS; AS HE CONTINUES TO THINK, SO HE REMAINS.
CHERISH YOUR VISIONS. CHERISH YOUR IDEALS. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that form 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.
WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827— “Fear and Symmetry”
IN THE UNIVERSE there are things that are known and things that are unknown and in between there are doors.
WE are led to believe a lie when we see not through the eye.
TO SEE A WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND
AND A HEAVEN IN A WILD FLOWER,
HOLD INFINITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,
AND ETERNITY IN AN HOUR.
WE are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them.
MAKE YOUR OWN RULES OR BE A SLAVE TO ANOTHER MAN’S.
IF THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is — infinite.
THE PERSON who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he will never take part in one.
THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION IS THE WORLD OF ETERNITY.
WHAT IS NOW PROVED WAS ONCE ONLY IMAGINED.