Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.
James AllenMan is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself.
James AllenMind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.
James AllenGood thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results โฆ We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral worldโalthough its operation there is just as simple and undeviatingโ and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.
James AllenA 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