Quote from James Allen:
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
Simimal Quotes:
Seneca
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
Confucius
Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them. The good points of the one I copy; the bad points of the other I correct in myself.
Andrew Carnegie
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say; I just watch what they do.
Andrew Cohen
As far as I’m concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor—you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.
Confucius
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Bertrand Russell
Men fear THOUGHT, as they fear nothing else on earth.
James Allen
Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.
Walter Russell
The personal ego must be suppressed and replaced with the ‘universal ego.’
William Shakespeare
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
[on Thoreau:] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage solely to truth itself.
Wallace D. Wattles
Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.
