Harmonizing Thought and Action

"People do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. Their whims, fancies, and ambitions are thwarted at every step, but their inmost thoughts and desires are fed with their own food, be it foul or clean. The "divinity that shapes our ends" is in ourselves; it is our very self. People are manacled only by themselves. Thought and action are the jailers of Fate - they imprison, being base. They are also the angels of Freedom - they liberate, being noble. Not what he/she wishes and prays for does a person get, but what he or she justly earns. Their wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with their thoughts and actions."

James Allen
Excerpt | As A Man Thinketh