As A Man Thinketh

Name: As A Man Thinketh
Brand: Ascent Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Author: James Allen
ISBN: 9781596590502

Author: James Allen

Narrator: James Allen

Unabridged: 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/01/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help

Synopsis

Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought. Sickly thoughts will express themselves through a sickly body. Thoughts of fear have been known to kill a man as speedily as a bullet, and they are continually killing thousands of people just as surely, though less rapidly. The people who live in fear of disease are the people who get it. Anxiety quickly demoralizes the whole body and lays it open to the entrance of disease, while impure thoughts, even if not physically indulged, will sooner shatter the nervous system.

About James Allen

James Allen (1864-1912) was a British writer and pioneer of the self-help movement. Born to a working-class family in Leicester, England, Allen left school at age fifteen, after which he worked as a private secretary and later as a magazine writer. In 1902, he began to publish his own spiritual magazine, The Light of Reason. Over the course of his life, Allen wrote nineteen books, some of which include As a Man Thinketh, Eight Pillars of Prosperity, Above Life's Turmoil, From Passion to Peace, and From Poverty to Power.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tharindu on February 05, 2021

"To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve." "You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration:" How the author had managed to deliver so many helpful lessons in so little number of pages seems most incredible. Self-help or Self-development books are ofte......more

Goodreads review by Sanjay on December 08, 2016

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Thought is the seed for action. If you control the cause- you can control the effect. The main message of this succinct, yet powerful, book is: the quality of your thoughts determine your quality of life. If your thoughts are pure and good, your life will a......more

Goodreads review by Tom on May 15, 2013

In 2003, a number of leading self-help authors were asked to list the works that were, to them, most inspirational. The book mentioned most often was James Allen's As a Man Thinketh. Despite the fact that his books have been inspirational for generations, very little is known about the man himself. H......more

Goodreads review by Logan on March 08, 2019

I found this in one of my apartments on my religious mission, and it looks like it used to be required reading. I read it then and thought it was decent. I read it recently and thought it was pretty poor. It felt a little bit too much like "The Secret" ... just think about something and you'll get i......more

Goodreads review by Swati on June 12, 2024

"A man sooner or later will discover that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life." The book is a self-help classic that believes that harnessing the power of your thoughts is the key to mastering your life and assists you in cultivating the philosophy and attitude of a po......more