Quote#Politics & Power
Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes
Quote byJames Allen · 1864–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As A Man Thinketh (1902), Variant: Mind is the Master Power that molds and makes, And we are mind. And ever more we take the tool of thought, and shaping what we will, bring forth a thousand joys, or a thousand ills. We think in secret, and it comes to pass, environment, is but our looking glass..
English (original)
Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: — He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass.
— James Allen
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