Meandering along . . .

Today is the birthday of James Allen (November 28,1864 – 1912), philosophical writer and poet. He is oft referred to as a pioneer of the self help movement and is best known for his self-help classic, As a Man Thinketh.

"The dreamers are the saviours of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers. Humanity cannot forget its dreamers; it cannot let their ideals fade and die; it lives in them; it knows them as the realities which it shall one day see and know."
- James Allen

"Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all, heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built."
- James Allen

"Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him."
- James Allen

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."
- James Allen

"For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?"
- James Allen

"A man is literally what he thinks."
- James Allen

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