James Allen Quotes About Discipline

All These Things Added (1903), Part II, “The Heavenly Life,” chapter “Perfect Freedom,” printed page 139 / Wikisource scan leaf 145. “Freedom resides in individual self-conquest” appears in Allen’s contrast between outward agitation and the inward emancipation he associates with mastery of passion, error and ignorance; this remains his spiritual-moral conception of freedom, not a modern political definition.

As a Man Thinketh, in the discussion of thought, health, and habit.

As a Man Thinketh, “Achievement”; this is the middle clause of Allen’s three-part conclusion.

As a Man Thinketh, chapter “Serenity”; Allen presents calmness as the result of long and patient effort in self-control.

As a Man Thinketh, chapter “The Thought-Factor in Achievement.”

As a Man Thinketh, closing lines of “Serenity”; capitalization follows the represented public-domain edition.

As a Man Thinketh, chapter “Effect of Thought on Circumstances.”

As a Man Thinketh, chapter “The Thought-Factor in Achievement.”

As a Man Thinketh, “Thought and Purpose.”

As a Man Thinketh, chapter “The Thought-Factor in Achievement.”

As a Man Thinketh, “Effect of Thought on Circumstances.”

Out from the Heart; Allen uses the sentinel image while describing responsibility for guarding and ordering one’s thought.

Out from the Heart, “Mental Conditions and Their Effects,” represented New York R. F. Fenno & Company edition, Project Gutenberg #74178. The sentence introduces Allen’s table of harmful and beneficial mental conditions; its moral-philosophical categories are preserved as historical argument rather than modern psychological diagnosis.

Out from the Heart, “The Nature and Power of Mind,” represented New York R. F. Fenno & Company edition, Project Gutenberg #74178. Allen contrasts an undisciplined attitude toward experience with a mind disciplined by his moral ideals; the passage is historical conduct-of-life teaching, not medical or therapeutic guidance.

The Mastery of Destiny, opening of “The Power of Purpose”; Wikisource 1909 text. The sentence is Allen’s own framing, not an attributed example.

The Mastery of Destiny, “Training of the Will,” rule four; Wikisource 1909 text. It is practical self-discipline advice in Allen’s period framework.

The Way of Peace, “The Realization of Perfect Peace,” Project Gutenberg #10740. The sentence follows Allen’s contrast between temporary peace from comfort or worldly victory and what he calls the enduring “Peace of Heaven”; the theological framework is retained rather than recast as clinical advice.

The Way of Peace; Allen links self-mastery with clearer perception and a less distorted relationship to circumstances and other people.

The Way of Peace, “The Realization of Perfect Peace,” Project Gutenberg #10740. Allen places this sentence in a religious exhortation about surrendering selfish desires and entering what he calls an inward resting-place; it is period spiritual teaching, not a claim that distress is always voluntarily chosen.

The Way of Peace; Allen contrasts temporary comfort with a spiritual peace that he says remains stable through trial.

The Way of Peace; Allen contrasts inward spiritual independence with being carried along by the impulses and conflicts of the surrounding world.