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As you succeed in overcoming self you will begin to see things in their right relations.
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“As you succeed in overcoming self you will begin to see things in their right relations.”

James Allen

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The Way of Peace
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1901
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For Allen, clearer perception follows disciplined work on one’s own impulses and biases; self-mastery changes not only conduct but the proportions in which problems are seen.

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

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