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.
Interpretation
Inner calmness enhances a person's success and positive influence.
This quote by James Allen emphasizes the idea that achieving tranquility and calmness within oneself leads to greater success and influence over others. It suggests that possessing a peaceful mind is a valuable attribute of wisdom, allowing individuals to act effectively and benevolently in their pursuits.
In practice
During a motivational speech about achieving goals and maintaining composure under pressure.
A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees ever more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, serene.
The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.
They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results … We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world—although its operation there is just as simple and undeviating— and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.
Remember always, you are the gift!
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I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.
If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even a stone can be worn down with enough rain.
Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s; it's choosing the ones you want.
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
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