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“If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women, he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.”

James Allen quotes (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

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“A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.”

James Allen quotes (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

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“The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.”

James Allen quotes (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

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“Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of self vainly imagine that they can gratify every worldly desire, and at the same time possess the Truth”

James Allen quotes (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

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“Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you.”

James Allen quotes (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

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“The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.”

James Allen quotes (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

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“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”

Alfred, Lord Tennyson quotes (English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry, 1809-1892)

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