詹姆斯·艾伦/JamesAllen
Theaphorism,"Asamanthinkethinhisheartsoishe",notonlyembracesthewholeofaman'sbeing,,hischaracterbeingthecompletesumofallhisthoughts.
Astheplantspringsfrom,andcouldnotbewithouttheseed,soeveryactofamanspringsfromthehiddenseedsofthought, "spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" astothose,whicharedeliberatelyexecuted.
Actistheblossomofthought,andjoyandsufferingareitsfruits;thusdoesamangarnerinthesweetandbitterfruitageofhisownhusbandry.
"Thoughtinthemindhasmadeus,'smindhathevilthoughts,paincomesonhimascomesthewheeltheoxbehind...Ifoneenduresinpurityofthought,joyfollowshimashisownshadow--sure."
Manisagrowthbylaw,andnotacreationbyartifice,,butisthenaturalresultofcontinuedeffortinrightthinking,,bythesameprocess,istheresultofthecontinuedharboringofgrovelingthoughts.
Manismadeorunmadebyhimself;inthearmoryofthoughtheforgestheweaponsbywhichhedestroyshimself;,manascendstotheDivinePerfection;bytheabuseandwrongapplicationofthought,,andmanistheirmakerandmaster.
Ofallthebeautifultruthspertainingtothesoulwhichhavebeenrestoredandbroughttolightinthisage,noneismoregladdeningorfruitfulofdivinepromiseandconfidencethanthis-thatmanisthemasterofthought,themolderofcharacter,andthemakerandshaperofcondition,environment,anddestiny.
Asabeingofpower,intelligence,andlove,andthelordofhisownthoughts,manholdsthekeytoeverysituation,andcontainswithinhimselfthattransformingandregenerativeagencybywhichhemaymakehimselfwhathewills.
