Thoughts and Character

The aphorism,” As a man thinketh in his heart so is he” not only embraces the whole of man being but is so comprehensive that it reaches out to every condition and circumstances of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

As the plant springs from and could not be without the seed so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called spontaneous and unpremeditated as to those which are deliberately executed.

Act us the blossom of thought and joy and suffering are its fruits thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.

Man is a growth by law and not a certain by artifice and cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. A noble and godlike character is not a thing of favor or chance but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking the effect of long cherished association with godlike thoughts.an ignoble and bestial character by the same process is the result of the continued harboring of groveling thoughts.

You are the master if your fate

Man is made or unmade by himself in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought man ascends to the divine perfection by the abuse and wrong application of thought he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character and man is their maker and master.

Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this that man is the master of thought the moulder of character and the maker and shaper of condition environment and destiny