When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.

Quote by James Allen

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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...

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he...

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he...

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice...

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice...

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...

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command...

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command...

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why...

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why...

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the...

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the...

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice...

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice...

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for...

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for...

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and...

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and...

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated,...

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated,...

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and...

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and...

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.

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

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...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability...

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure...

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure...