Quote#Happiness
As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless you admit the…
Quote byJames Allen · 1864–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Effect of Thought on Health and the Body.
English (original)
As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms, so a strong body and a bright, happy, or serene countenance can only result from the free admittance into the mind of thoughts of joy and good will and serenity.
— James Allen
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