Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
Interpretation
Self-control and calmness empower us, while right thinking leads to mastery over ourselves.
This quote by James Allen emphasizes the importance of self-discipline and clear thinking in achieving personal mastery and inner strength. It suggests that true power lies in our ability to maintain calmness and focus our thoughts positively, rather than letting external circumstances dictate our reactions and emotions.
In practice
During a motivational speech on personal development, to emphasize the role of self-control in success.
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.
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They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
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Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.
We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.
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As a person thinks, feels, and believes, so is the condition of his or her mind, body, and circumstances.
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