As a Man Thinketh (James Allen)
James Allen
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Description
James Allen, an English writer who left office work to live quietly and write, published As a Man Thinketh in 1903. The short essay takes its title from the Book of Proverbs. It became one of the founding texts of the self-help tradition.
Allen argues that thought shapes character, and character shapes health, work, and circumstance, as a garden grows from its seeds. A man who masters his thoughts, he says, masters his life. The prose is calm and aphoristic, easy to quote. A thousand later motivational books descend from this one, and it has stayed in print for over a century.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James Allen |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |