Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of self vainly imagine that they can gratify every worldly desire, and at the same time possess the Truth

Quote by James Allen

Topics: Selfishness Quotes

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of...

It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of...

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark...

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark...

For the majority of instances where money is desired for the admitted object of blessing...

For the majority of instances where money is desired for the admitted object of blessing...

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the...

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the...

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct...

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct...

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right...

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right...

A man is literally what he thinks.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As...

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As...

The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.

The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being;...

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being;...

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself...

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself...

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of...

In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of...

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your...

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your...

As water, when transmuted into steam, becomes a new, more definite and wide-reaching power, so...

As water, when transmuted into steam, becomes a new, more definite and wide-reaching power, so...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any...

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any...

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...