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From Poverty To Power
An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition In Two Parts (The Path Of Prosperity & The Way Of Peace) To Include All Original Poetry, And Following Chapters: The Lesson Of Evil - The World A Reflex Of Mental States - The Way Out Of Undesirable Conditions - The Silent Power Of Thought: Controlling And Directing One's Forces - The Secret Of Health, Success And Power - The Secret Of Abounding Happiness - The Power Of Meditation - The Two Masters, Self And Truth - The Acquirement Of Spiritual Power - The Realization Of Selfless Love - Entering Into The Infinite - Saints, Sages, And Saviors: The Law Of Service - The Realization Of Perfect Peace
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1901
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James Allen
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Allen was 15 when his father, a businessman, was robbed and murdered. He left school to work full-time in several British manufacturing firms to help support the family. He later married Lily L. Allen and became an executive secretary for a large company. At age 38, inspired by the writings of Leo Tolstoy, he retired from employment. Allen — along with his wife and their daughter, Nohra — moved to a small cottage in Ilfracombe, Devon, England to pursue a simple life of contemplation. There he wrote for nine years, producing 19 works. He also edited and published a magazine, "The Light of Reason".
Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement.
Allen's most famous book, As a Man Thinketh, was published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person.
Following his death in 1912, his wife continued publishing the magazine under the name, "The Epoch".
Allen was 15 when his father, a businessman, was robbed and murdered. He left school to work full-time in several British manufacturing firms to help support the family. He later married Lily L. Allen and became an executive secretary for a large company. At age 38, inspired by the writings of Leo Tolstoy, he retired from employment. Allen — along with his wife and their daughter, Nohra — moved to a small cottage in Ilfracombe, Devon, England to pursue a simple life of contemplation. There he wrote for nine years, producing 19 works. He also edited and published a magazine, "The Light of Reason".
Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement.
Allen's most famous book, As a Man Thinketh, was published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person.
Following his death in 1912, his wife continued publishing the magazine under the name, "The Epoch".
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July 16, 2015
Aristotle said "The hardest victory is the victory over self," but it is a victory that enables you to win in all aspects of life. In From Poverty to Power: The Realization of Prosperity and Peace, James Allen underscores this concept, noting that a disciplined mind and a focus on serving others are basic to the achievement of any prosperity. Thus, prosperity is always personal, resting squarely on the degree to which you have refined and bettered yourself.
In a nutshell, you'll only become truly prosperous when you have disciplined your mind. Paradoxically, wealth, power, and happiness comes most easily to those who forget themselves in the service to others.
In a nutshell, you'll only become truly prosperous when you have disciplined your mind. Paradoxically, wealth, power, and happiness comes most easily to those who forget themselves in the service to others.
May 13, 2016
"From Poverty To Power" played an enormous role in helping shape my life. I was always a "good kid", who stayed out of trouble, did "right", and had good grades, but what I lacked was a positive, victimless view of how the world worked. My perception of life, people, and the future was shrouded in a sense of victimhood and ignorance about how most people in the world live their lives. This book opened my eyes and helped me to start my journey to self-awareness and self-discovery.
Although this book is over 100 years old, it carries great insight on how to start digging deep into yourself, to learn what and who you really are as a person. James Allen helped me to learn to question all of my actions and thoughts, to determine what the reasoning and justification is/was for each one.
I owe this book, as well as James Allen, and, to a lesser extent, Tag Powell, a great deal of gratitude for helping me become the person I am today. I probably would have gone on a journey of self-discovery at some point in my life, but this book sparked the beginning of it. It taught me some basic life skills and decision-making skills that I was lacking, or just hadn't refined. The book also helped change my views on what it meant to be successful, as well as what true poverty means.
Most of James Allen's work is in the public domain. I highly suggest reading his works. Even though they often cover basic life skills and views, it sometimes helps to see it in print, to reiterate your core beliefs, as you travel through life.
You may have noticed the dates of when I started and completed this book. There was a three year gap between when I purchased it and finally read it. I bought the book from Barnes and Noble and simply put it on the shelf, without ever reading it. I'm forever grateful that I chose to read the book out of boredom, even if it took me three years to do so.
Although this book is over 100 years old, it carries great insight on how to start digging deep into yourself, to learn what and who you really are as a person. James Allen helped me to learn to question all of my actions and thoughts, to determine what the reasoning and justification is/was for each one.
I owe this book, as well as James Allen, and, to a lesser extent, Tag Powell, a great deal of gratitude for helping me become the person I am today. I probably would have gone on a journey of self-discovery at some point in my life, but this book sparked the beginning of it. It taught me some basic life skills and decision-making skills that I was lacking, or just hadn't refined. The book also helped change my views on what it meant to be successful, as well as what true poverty means.
Most of James Allen's work is in the public domain. I highly suggest reading his works. Even though they often cover basic life skills and views, it sometimes helps to see it in print, to reiterate your core beliefs, as you travel through life.
You may have noticed the dates of when I started and completed this book. There was a three year gap between when I purchased it and finally read it. I bought the book from Barnes and Noble and simply put it on the shelf, without ever reading it. I'm forever grateful that I chose to read the book out of boredom, even if it took me three years to do so.
February 13, 2020
Starts out strong, then (seen more prominent with the start of the second half, "The Way to Peace") falls disappointingly into all-out Buddhist nihilism. I don't believe in some impersonal Great Law of Nature that in order to reclaim me into itself has to (impersonally, but still) annihilate me as a person. I believe in the Merciful God who loves me so much as to sacrifice Himself for my own, personal salvation.
In reality all it amounts to is another (very apt, I have to admit) retelling of the Gnostic promise of man being able to save oneself solely by his own effort (of acquiring the Wisdom) from his damnation of being trapped into the Flawed Creation. The paradoxical, Buddhist flavor being that he achieves this ultimately self-serving goal by a destruction of his own personal self.
In reality all it amounts to is another (very apt, I have to admit) retelling of the Gnostic promise of man being able to save oneself solely by his own effort (of acquiring the Wisdom) from his damnation of being trapped into the Flawed Creation. The paradoxical, Buddhist flavor being that he achieves this ultimately self-serving goal by a destruction of his own personal self.
February 28, 2023
Let any reader beware, like avoiding thorns when picking a rose, the few nuggets of wisdom in this book are enveloped in a dangerous briar of untruth, and misrepresentation of Biblical principles.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -- The Usual Suspect (sometimes even Hollyweird gets it right)
Like "As a Man Thinketh," "From Poverty to Power" is a new age, humanistic work that contains elements of truth, artfully expressed, which is why I even bothered with this book. However, the author does the reader a great injustice by attributing all evil to ones thoughts and actions alone, denying the real existence of humanity's arch enemy who is perhaps even more elated to bring death and destruction upon those most innocent and guiltless, than to those who might merit such.
"Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour." -- 1 Peter 5:8 (GNB)
Careful discernment is required when considering the contents of this book, for while there is much wisdom to empower the reader to take heed how their thoughts and actions can and likely will attract the object of their focus, there are spiritual forces, both good and wicked, who are not necessarily bound by this "law of attraction."
In contrast to the devil's delight in oppressing the righteous, The Father delights in offering grace, mercy, and goodness to those who have not largely earned it.
"But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation, So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus: Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:" -- Ephesians 2:4-8 (GNB)
Allen writes, "if you really seek truth, and not merely your own gratification; if you love it above all wordly pleasures and gains, more even than happiness itself, you will be willing to make the effort necessary for its achievement." And while I expect he was a decent man, his works fall short of delivering this truth and he becomes a liar and deceiver.
“There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.” Proverbs 14:12 (CSB)
Of Buddha, whom the author obviously reveres, he says that man declared "I am the Truth," and yet of men, only Jesus, the Son of God, and the only one through which men may be saved, could rightfully say that he was the way the truth and the life; none other can truthfully make this claim. Allen perverts the words of the Bible, and would make Jesus just another "great philosopher," denying the absolutely unique position and power of Jesus.
He encourages the Five Great Meditations that are largely incompatible with Biblical instruction to, "fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable." Allen would have you meditate on pity and the consequences of your impurity in order that you might become pure, while in the pages preceding insists you attract what you fix your mind upon? This is contradictory nonsense! One doesn't need to dwell on the impact of their selfishness and sin to realize the desperate need to repent, a moment of consideration is sufficient.
As others have commented, the book starts reasonably well but became difficult to finish with the redundant, inane new age ideologies and ridiculous assertions such as the ultimate goal essentially being to abhor all physical and sensory pleasures! God did not give us the ability to enjoy our senses and then forbid it. In the end the book is so full of lies and perversions of man’s true purpose that it becomes a useless read.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -- The Usual Suspect (sometimes even Hollyweird gets it right)
Like "As a Man Thinketh," "From Poverty to Power" is a new age, humanistic work that contains elements of truth, artfully expressed, which is why I even bothered with this book. However, the author does the reader a great injustice by attributing all evil to ones thoughts and actions alone, denying the real existence of humanity's arch enemy who is perhaps even more elated to bring death and destruction upon those most innocent and guiltless, than to those who might merit such.
"Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour." -- 1 Peter 5:8 (GNB)
Careful discernment is required when considering the contents of this book, for while there is much wisdom to empower the reader to take heed how their thoughts and actions can and likely will attract the object of their focus, there are spiritual forces, both good and wicked, who are not necessarily bound by this "law of attraction."
In contrast to the devil's delight in oppressing the righteous, The Father delights in offering grace, mercy, and goodness to those who have not largely earned it.
"But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation, So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus: Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:" -- Ephesians 2:4-8 (GNB)
Allen writes, "if you really seek truth, and not merely your own gratification; if you love it above all wordly pleasures and gains, more even than happiness itself, you will be willing to make the effort necessary for its achievement." And while I expect he was a decent man, his works fall short of delivering this truth and he becomes a liar and deceiver.
“There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.” Proverbs 14:12 (CSB)
Of Buddha, whom the author obviously reveres, he says that man declared "I am the Truth," and yet of men, only Jesus, the Son of God, and the only one through which men may be saved, could rightfully say that he was the way the truth and the life; none other can truthfully make this claim. Allen perverts the words of the Bible, and would make Jesus just another "great philosopher," denying the absolutely unique position and power of Jesus.
He encourages the Five Great Meditations that are largely incompatible with Biblical instruction to, "fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable." Allen would have you meditate on pity and the consequences of your impurity in order that you might become pure, while in the pages preceding insists you attract what you fix your mind upon? This is contradictory nonsense! One doesn't need to dwell on the impact of their selfishness and sin to realize the desperate need to repent, a moment of consideration is sufficient.
As others have commented, the book starts reasonably well but became difficult to finish with the redundant, inane new age ideologies and ridiculous assertions such as the ultimate goal essentially being to abhor all physical and sensory pleasures! God did not give us the ability to enjoy our senses and then forbid it. In the end the book is so full of lies and perversions of man’s true purpose that it becomes a useless read.
March 30, 2020
This ilwas a tougher read than my normal "personal growth" genre, but it was well worth it. I was thankful to have a Christian background as well as having read the Bhagavad Gita as there are references to both throughout. I feel that it would be a harder read without an understanding of Eastern religious principles.
I highly recommend.
I highly recommend.
February 22, 2025
If anybody is looking for a Spirtual Growth author it is hands down James Allen.
July 23, 2024
Oh look, it's the secret...
April 15, 2010
My hubby bought this book in Chennai.They say that books are a lot cheaper in India.
The first few chapters of this little book reinforce my earlier thoughts that the mind should never be left empty or idle as it would eventually attract evil thoughts. Thoughts……ah, as James Allen puts it, are silent forces which may become beneficent when rightly directed, and destructive when wrongly employed.
A powerful message is espoused herein. The author brings us through his understanding of evil - in that it is a mental state - and how we can get out of the undesirable conditions. He espouses on the silent power of thoughts that control and direct one's forces.
The first few chapters of this little book reinforce my earlier thoughts that the mind should never be left empty or idle as it would eventually attract evil thoughts. Thoughts……ah, as James Allen puts it, are silent forces which may become beneficent when rightly directed, and destructive when wrongly employed.
A powerful message is espoused herein. The author brings us through his understanding of evil - in that it is a mental state - and how we can get out of the undesirable conditions. He espouses on the silent power of thoughts that control and direct one's forces.
March 9, 2019
This book came as a companion to As a Man Thinketh and is actually a precursor to the much more famous and impactful Thinketh. Poverty to Power is too focused on the fusion of physical and spiritual. Almost every chapter is dedicated in some way to mastery of one’s self and mastery over one’s inclinations of “earthly things.” It is an important lesson to heed, but it is not a universal lesson. You can have nice things and still be generous, kind, free of evil, philanthropic, and spiritual. Hedonistic pursuits become a problem when it becomes a person’s sole focus: what you are, so is your world.
December 21, 2023
3 -> 3.5
Overall, this book dwells on the idea that thought is power, and that good will always beat evil in the long run. It makes some contradictory claims in regards to purpose, happiness, and prosperity, but had some interesting quotes and ideas. Below are some notes I took down whilst reading.
69 “Do you wish for kindness? Be kind.
Do you ask for truth? Be true.
What you give of yourself you find;
Your world is a reflex of you.”
75 “There is no room for a complainer in a universe of law, and worry is soul-suicide. By your very attitude of mind you are strengthening the chains which bind you, and are drawing about you the darkness by which you are enveloped. Alter your outlook upon life, and your outward life will alter.“
78 “Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within; look searchingly, and have no mercy upon yourself. 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. As you overcome self, you will overcome all adverse conditions, and every difficulty will fall before you.”
80 Talks about God and how all evil will be dealt with in the afterlife - not very satisfactory of an answer in this day and age
92 “Faith and purpose constitute the motive-power of life.
There is nothing that a strong faith and an unflinching purpose may not accomplish. By the daily exercise of silent faith, the thought-forces are gathered together, and by the daily strengthening of silent purpose, those forces are directed towards the object of accomplishment.”
93 Interesting, talks about how some solitary time towards solving a problem is best.
“The course which is presented to you in that hour of calmness must be carried out. Doubtless when you are again involved in the business of the day, and worries again creep in and begin to dominate you, you will begin to think that the course is a wrong or foolish one, but do not heed such suggestions. Be guided absolutely and entirely by the vision of calmness, and not by the shadows of anxiety.”
96 replacing troubled thoughts with peace is useful
Gaining mastery over impulses and thoughts will result in composure that attracts strength
102 The dichotomy between good and bad reminds me of anime - pure thoughts change the atmosphere and root out evil.
102 “In the near future, the fact that all disease has its origin in the mind will become common knowledge” Not really agreed upon
105 “Order your thoughts and you will order your life.”
Basically believe in yourself and in your purpose. Follow your heart and you will succeed.
108 “If you will become possessed of this faith you will not need to trouble about your success or failure, and success will come. You will not need to become anxious about results, but will work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.”
Talking about rocks and strong trees and twigs and shifting sands, this was a cool quote: (110-111) “He is the man of power who, when all his fellows are swayed by some emotion or passion, remains calm and unmoved.”
111 Here it is said that passion is not power but the abuse of power - like a storm beating fiercely upon the rock where power is the rock itself - silent and unmoved through it all
“This, then, is the secret of health, —a pure heart and a well-ordered mind; this is the secret of success, —an unfaltering faith, and a wisely-directed purpose; and to rein in, with unfaltering will, the dark steed of desire, this is the secret of power.” 113
“Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. ‘The double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.’” (112-113)
113 “Self-purified, health will be yours; faith-protected, success will be yours; self-governed, power will be yours, and all that you do will prosper…”
117 unhappiness is the result of selfishness
I never understood books that focus in on removing desire as desire is “the region of hell” yet clinging onto or following one’s purpose. Is that not filled with desire? Apparently according to this book to aspire is to counter desire because of divinity and permanence? Again, not very convincing to the secular world.
“Sacrifice the personal and transient, and you rise at once into the impersonal and permanent.” Give up your selfishness for selflessness for happiness basically. 122 (I guess…)
124 “Lose yourself in the welfare of others; forget yourself in all that you do; this is the secret of abounding happiness.” Seems paradoxical. Aspire towards being better, have purpose in life, but also, forget all you do because losing yourself to help others is happiness ❓
It is said here that he is poor who is dissatisfied. But if you are dissatisfied and strive to be better or to make a better world for others, are you not then losing yourself in the welfare of others? Can you then be dissatisfied and therefore incentivized to create a better world?
Overall, this book dwells on the idea that thought is power, and that good will always beat evil in the long run. It makes some contradictory claims in regards to purpose, happiness, and prosperity, but had some interesting quotes and ideas. Below are some notes I took down whilst reading.
69 “Do you wish for kindness? Be kind.
Do you ask for truth? Be true.
What you give of yourself you find;
Your world is a reflex of you.”
75 “There is no room for a complainer in a universe of law, and worry is soul-suicide. By your very attitude of mind you are strengthening the chains which bind you, and are drawing about you the darkness by which you are enveloped. Alter your outlook upon life, and your outward life will alter.“
78 “Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within; look searchingly, and have no mercy upon yourself. 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. As you overcome self, you will overcome all adverse conditions, and every difficulty will fall before you.”
80 Talks about God and how all evil will be dealt with in the afterlife - not very satisfactory of an answer in this day and age
92 “Faith and purpose constitute the motive-power of life.
There is nothing that a strong faith and an unflinching purpose may not accomplish. By the daily exercise of silent faith, the thought-forces are gathered together, and by the daily strengthening of silent purpose, those forces are directed towards the object of accomplishment.”
93 Interesting, talks about how some solitary time towards solving a problem is best.
“The course which is presented to you in that hour of calmness must be carried out. Doubtless when you are again involved in the business of the day, and worries again creep in and begin to dominate you, you will begin to think that the course is a wrong or foolish one, but do not heed such suggestions. Be guided absolutely and entirely by the vision of calmness, and not by the shadows of anxiety.”
96 replacing troubled thoughts with peace is useful
Gaining mastery over impulses and thoughts will result in composure that attracts strength
102 The dichotomy between good and bad reminds me of anime - pure thoughts change the atmosphere and root out evil.
102 “In the near future, the fact that all disease has its origin in the mind will become common knowledge” Not really agreed upon
105 “Order your thoughts and you will order your life.”
Basically believe in yourself and in your purpose. Follow your heart and you will succeed.
108 “If you will become possessed of this faith you will not need to trouble about your success or failure, and success will come. You will not need to become anxious about results, but will work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.”
Talking about rocks and strong trees and twigs and shifting sands, this was a cool quote: (110-111) “He is the man of power who, when all his fellows are swayed by some emotion or passion, remains calm and unmoved.”
111 Here it is said that passion is not power but the abuse of power - like a storm beating fiercely upon the rock where power is the rock itself - silent and unmoved through it all
“This, then, is the secret of health, —a pure heart and a well-ordered mind; this is the secret of success, —an unfaltering faith, and a wisely-directed purpose; and to rein in, with unfaltering will, the dark steed of desire, this is the secret of power.” 113
“Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. ‘The double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.’” (112-113)
113 “Self-purified, health will be yours; faith-protected, success will be yours; self-governed, power will be yours, and all that you do will prosper…”
117 unhappiness is the result of selfishness
I never understood books that focus in on removing desire as desire is “the region of hell” yet clinging onto or following one’s purpose. Is that not filled with desire? Apparently according to this book to aspire is to counter desire because of divinity and permanence? Again, not very convincing to the secular world.
“Sacrifice the personal and transient, and you rise at once into the impersonal and permanent.” Give up your selfishness for selflessness for happiness basically. 122 (I guess…)
124 “Lose yourself in the welfare of others; forget yourself in all that you do; this is the secret of abounding happiness.” Seems paradoxical. Aspire towards being better, have purpose in life, but also, forget all you do because losing yourself to help others is happiness ❓
It is said here that he is poor who is dissatisfied. But if you are dissatisfied and strive to be better or to make a better world for others, are you not then losing yourself in the welfare of others? Can you then be dissatisfied and therefore incentivized to create a better world?
September 21, 2023
TRUTH IN ALL ITS GLORY CAN ONLY BE PERCEIVED AND KNOWN WHEN THE LAST VESTIGE OF SELF HAS DISAPPEARED.
HE WHO WOULD BE CHRIST'S DISCIPLE MUST DENY HIMSELF DAILY.
ARE YOU CONTENT TO TAKE THE LOWEST PLACE AND BE PASSED BY UNNOTICED.
Evil is the insignificant shadow cast by the self that intercepts and shuts off the illuminating rays which strive for entrance.
When the lessons of evil are fully learned, ignorance passes away, and wisdom takes its place.
Do not ask for truth. Be true.
The world is a mirror in which each sees a reflection of himself.
Be patient under all circumstances and accept all conditions as necessary factors in your training is to rise superior to all painful conditions.
There is no practice more degrading, debasing and soul-destroying than that of self-pity. Cast it out from you.
Make useful and unselfish service the object of your life.
The most powerful forces in the universe are the silent forces.
To fear or worry is as sinful as to curse for it means that you dont have faith in eternal justice.
There is nothing that a strong faith and unflinching purpose may not accomplish.
If you are given to anger, worry, jealousy, greed or any other unharmonious state of mind, and expect perfect physical health you are expecting the impossible, for you are continually sowing the seeds of disease in your mind.
The foolish wish and grumble; the wise work and wait.
The faultless completion of small task leads inevitably to larger tasks.
If you would acquire overcoming power you must cultivate poise and passivity.
The secret of health = a pure heart and a well-ordered mind. The secret of success = an unfaltering faith and a wisely-directed purpose. The secret of power = rein in, with unfaltering will, the dark steed of desire.
Many men who have accumulated riches have confessed that the selfish gratification which followed the acquisition of riches has robbed life of its sweetness and that they were never so happy as when they were poor.
If after you have given you are wounded because you were not thanked know then that your gift was prompted by vanity and not love; and you were merely giving in order to get; were not really giving but grasping.
The revelation of truth will come when your errors have been sufficiently removed.
The sluggard and self-indulgent can have no knowledge of Truth.
To be not only free from vanity, stubborness and egotism, but to regard one's own opinions as of no value, this indeed is true humility.
He who is immersed in self regards his own opinions as truth and the opinions of other men as errors.
All suffering is of self. All suffering ends in truth.
Train your mind in strong, impartial and gentle thought. Train your heart in purity and compassion. Train your tongue in silence and to true and stainless speech.
The virtuous man restrains his passions and all selfish and impure thoughts.
Come away for a while from external things, from the pleasures of the senses, from the arguments of the intellect, from the noise and excitements of the world, and withdraw yourself into the inmost chamber of your heart, and there, free from selfish desires, you will find a deep silence, a holy calm, and if you rest awhile in that holy place, and meditate there, the faultless eye of truth will open within you, and you will see things as they really are.
HE WHO WOULD BE CHRIST'S DISCIPLE MUST DENY HIMSELF DAILY.
ARE YOU CONTENT TO TAKE THE LOWEST PLACE AND BE PASSED BY UNNOTICED.
Evil is the insignificant shadow cast by the self that intercepts and shuts off the illuminating rays which strive for entrance.
When the lessons of evil are fully learned, ignorance passes away, and wisdom takes its place.
Do not ask for truth. Be true.
The world is a mirror in which each sees a reflection of himself.
Be patient under all circumstances and accept all conditions as necessary factors in your training is to rise superior to all painful conditions.
There is no practice more degrading, debasing and soul-destroying than that of self-pity. Cast it out from you.
Make useful and unselfish service the object of your life.
The most powerful forces in the universe are the silent forces.
To fear or worry is as sinful as to curse for it means that you dont have faith in eternal justice.
There is nothing that a strong faith and unflinching purpose may not accomplish.
If you are given to anger, worry, jealousy, greed or any other unharmonious state of mind, and expect perfect physical health you are expecting the impossible, for you are continually sowing the seeds of disease in your mind.
The foolish wish and grumble; the wise work and wait.
The faultless completion of small task leads inevitably to larger tasks.
If you would acquire overcoming power you must cultivate poise and passivity.
The secret of health = a pure heart and a well-ordered mind. The secret of success = an unfaltering faith and a wisely-directed purpose. The secret of power = rein in, with unfaltering will, the dark steed of desire.
Many men who have accumulated riches have confessed that the selfish gratification which followed the acquisition of riches has robbed life of its sweetness and that they were never so happy as when they were poor.
If after you have given you are wounded because you were not thanked know then that your gift was prompted by vanity and not love; and you were merely giving in order to get; were not really giving but grasping.
The revelation of truth will come when your errors have been sufficiently removed.
The sluggard and self-indulgent can have no knowledge of Truth.
To be not only free from vanity, stubborness and egotism, but to regard one's own opinions as of no value, this indeed is true humility.
He who is immersed in self regards his own opinions as truth and the opinions of other men as errors.
All suffering is of self. All suffering ends in truth.
Train your mind in strong, impartial and gentle thought. Train your heart in purity and compassion. Train your tongue in silence and to true and stainless speech.
The virtuous man restrains his passions and all selfish and impure thoughts.
Come away for a while from external things, from the pleasures of the senses, from the arguments of the intellect, from the noise and excitements of the world, and withdraw yourself into the inmost chamber of your heart, and there, free from selfish desires, you will find a deep silence, a holy calm, and if you rest awhile in that holy place, and meditate there, the faultless eye of truth will open within you, and you will see things as they really are.
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January 4, 2024
This book is difficult to review. It’s something that must be consumed to be appreciated and understood.
The title is not helpful either - as the book is so much more. It’s nourishment for the soul and helps you find inner peace.
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The title is not helpful either - as the book is so much more. It’s nourishment for the soul and helps you find inner peace.
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December 27, 2021
Reading this book is like walking the highway of wisdom.
What my 👂 heard ⤵️
the dream remained with me and at last became substantial
and intoxicating forgetfulness of the existence of evil
are there no means by which bounds of evil may be broken?
I constantly suffer through my own ignorance
all that we are is the result of our thoughts
if a man is happy it is because he dwells in happy thoughts
circumstances can only affect you in so far as you allow them to do so
you believe that outward things have the power to make or marry your life and by doing so you you submit to those outward things confess that you are there slave and they your unconditional master
what you give of yourself you find your world is a reflex of you
alter your outlook on life
no matter how poor you are there is room for self-sacrifice
I remember with intense delight
the foolish wish and grumble the wise work and wait
reading this book is like walking the highway of wisdom
we are engaged in wordy warfare
your tongue to silence
content to dwell amongst the lowliest and least
I'm living in the highest goodness
we clothe events with a drapery of our own thoughts
slay grief
bring in all healing joy
What my 👂 heard ⤵️
the dream remained with me and at last became substantial
and intoxicating forgetfulness of the existence of evil
are there no means by which bounds of evil may be broken?
I constantly suffer through my own ignorance
all that we are is the result of our thoughts
if a man is happy it is because he dwells in happy thoughts
circumstances can only affect you in so far as you allow them to do so
you believe that outward things have the power to make or marry your life and by doing so you you submit to those outward things confess that you are there slave and they your unconditional master
what you give of yourself you find your world is a reflex of you
alter your outlook on life
no matter how poor you are there is room for self-sacrifice
I remember with intense delight
the foolish wish and grumble the wise work and wait
reading this book is like walking the highway of wisdom
we are engaged in wordy warfare
your tongue to silence
content to dwell amongst the lowliest and least
I'm living in the highest goodness
we clothe events with a drapery of our own thoughts
slay grief
bring in all healing joy
December 22, 2025
Dans From Poverty to Power, James Allen enseigne que la véritable transformation commence dans l’esprit. L’auteur affirme que nos conditions de vie sont le reflet direct de nos pensées : en cultivant des idées nobles et disciplinées, nous pouvons passer de la pauvreté – qu’elle soit matérielle ou morale – à la prospérité et à la paix intérieure. La pureté morale, la maîtrise des désirs et la force de la volonté sont les piliers de cette évolution. Allen insiste sur le fait que la croissance spirituelle précède la réussite matérielle, et que la paix intérieure est la base de toute puissance durable.
Le livre souligne également la responsabilité individuelle : chacun est l’artisan de son destin et ne doit pas blâmer les circonstances, mais travailler sur soi-même. La véritable puissance ne réside pas dans la domination, mais dans la bienveillance et le service aux autres. En harmonisant ses pensées et ses actions avec des principes élevés, l’homme attire la santé, la réussite et la sérénité. En somme, Allen nous invite à une révolution intérieure où la pensée créatrice, la sagesse et la volonté deviennent les clés pour transformer la vie et atteindre une prospérité authentique.
Le livre souligne également la responsabilité individuelle : chacun est l’artisan de son destin et ne doit pas blâmer les circonstances, mais travailler sur soi-même. La véritable puissance ne réside pas dans la domination, mais dans la bienveillance et le service aux autres. En harmonisant ses pensées et ses actions avec des principes élevés, l’homme attire la santé, la réussite et la sérénité. En somme, Allen nous invite à une révolution intérieure où la pensée créatrice, la sagesse et la volonté deviennent les clés pour transformer la vie et atteindre une prospérité authentique.
December 30, 2021
No es precisamente el libro que yo esperaba, al ver el titulo, realmente pense que el contenido tenia otra direccion.
Ya entrado en el contenido, fuera de que no era lo que esperaba, tiene cosas buenas y cosas que no me encantaron.
Por un lado lo bueno: Es un poco de la filosofia estoica. Da tips sobre lo que uno reacciona al mundo, al conocimiento, a las acciones y la entrega. En ese punto encontre algo de contenido interesante. Aunque no demasiado.
Ahora lo malo: Está escrito de un modo que no fluye tan facilmente. Frecuentemente tuve que re leer parrafos y detener el flujo. Ademas, el tema se vuelve repetitivo rapidamente. Despues de la mitad del libro, donde el autor ya hizo su punto de que el poder se encuentra en la entrega y a como decidimos reaccionar a nuestro entorno, no hace mas que volver a ello con diferentes frases y palabras una y otra vez.
Podria recomendarlo para lectura y relectura en el baño. Los punto son buenos y validos para ser leidos en cortos periodos en el baño. Pero no como un libro de sillon.
Ya entrado en el contenido, fuera de que no era lo que esperaba, tiene cosas buenas y cosas que no me encantaron.
Por un lado lo bueno: Es un poco de la filosofia estoica. Da tips sobre lo que uno reacciona al mundo, al conocimiento, a las acciones y la entrega. En ese punto encontre algo de contenido interesante. Aunque no demasiado.
Ahora lo malo: Está escrito de un modo que no fluye tan facilmente. Frecuentemente tuve que re leer parrafos y detener el flujo. Ademas, el tema se vuelve repetitivo rapidamente. Despues de la mitad del libro, donde el autor ya hizo su punto de que el poder se encuentra en la entrega y a como decidimos reaccionar a nuestro entorno, no hace mas que volver a ello con diferentes frases y palabras una y otra vez.
Podria recomendarlo para lectura y relectura en el baño. Los punto son buenos y validos para ser leidos en cortos periodos en el baño. Pero no como un libro de sillon.
January 12, 2025
Es un libro interesante y con aura milenaria pues fue escrito hace más de un siglo. El autor hace hincapié en la supresión del ego y la negación del Yo, lo cual es un tema complejo y difícil de entender si no se tienen algunas bases sobre este concepto. Es sus páginas abre caminos hacia la inmortalidad entendida como elevarse sobre la materia y la carne de este mundo para contemplar mejor nuestra vida, también nos lleva por el camino de la disciplina de aplicación de la ley del Amor Divino como la llama él.
Tiene conexiones con la meditación y con algunos conceptos que he visto en la Kabbala, por lo que creo que el autor tuvo contacto con esa información en su tiempo. El amor, la inmortalidad, la disciplina, el silencio, el autocontrol físico y mental, Dios, y el manejo del pensamiento son del los tópicos más nombrados a lo largo del libro. Tópicos que son necesarios en su entendimiento y dominio para ir de la pobreza a la riqueza de las virtudes y por ende de la materia.
Tiene conexiones con la meditación y con algunos conceptos que he visto en la Kabbala, por lo que creo que el autor tuvo contacto con esa información en su tiempo. El amor, la inmortalidad, la disciplina, el silencio, el autocontrol físico y mental, Dios, y el manejo del pensamiento son del los tópicos más nombrados a lo largo del libro. Tópicos que son necesarios en su entendimiento y dominio para ir de la pobreza a la riqueza de las virtudes y por ende de la materia.
June 13, 2017
Get thee to a Nunnery!!
That was my plan before I read this book and the quote, "you may renounce the outward world and isolate yourself in a cave or in the depths of a forest, but you will take all your selfishness with you,,,".
James Allen wrote this before As A Man Thinketh, but somehow this gem has been overshadowed by the latter. The work deals with your state of mind more so than your financial acumen. While the analysis is more intensive on inward investigation, and more inclusive of differing religious beliefs, I hope that more people will discover Poverty to Power and apply the wisdom to their own life. Again, Allen ends his argument with one of his reigning themes: selflessness being the straight, although bumpy, path to Unconditional Love - the true ruler of the Universe.
That was my plan before I read this book and the quote, "you may renounce the outward world and isolate yourself in a cave or in the depths of a forest, but you will take all your selfishness with you,,,".
James Allen wrote this before As A Man Thinketh, but somehow this gem has been overshadowed by the latter. The work deals with your state of mind more so than your financial acumen. While the analysis is more intensive on inward investigation, and more inclusive of differing religious beliefs, I hope that more people will discover Poverty to Power and apply the wisdom to their own life. Again, Allen ends his argument with one of his reigning themes: selflessness being the straight, although bumpy, path to Unconditional Love - the true ruler of the Universe.
October 19, 2020
This book was written in 1901. I have already read “As a man thinketh” by James Allen. “From poverty to power” reads as an introduction to “As a man thinketh.” It is filled with great nuggets of information that will bring you closer to inner strength and away from EGO and Self. This brings you closer to greatness and power. This book helps us in our spiritual path as well as in our professional path. It explains were does poverty reside and it has nothing to do with material poverty, but not knowing this information may definitely cause it. The book is worth highlighting from start to finish, that is why I decided to reread from the beginning. It took me longer to finish, because at some point I was inclined to write, inspired by the words that are inside this book. I highly recommend it, even if you have already achieved material or spiritual power.
October 27, 2022
at first i thought this book was interesting, but not very helpful. But then I got to the second half and quickly became infuriated. His whole worldview and advice is based on the fact that you are in control of every facet of your life, and so from that everything that happens to you is your fault. I'm not denying that this is true for *some* aspects of life, but not everything. This idea is dangerous because it encourages victim blaming, imagine telling someone that they have cancer because their heart isn't virtuous enough, that's what he's encouraging. But it doesn't make any sense, he says "if you're good, prosperity, if you're bad, you won't have that" but we have bad people in power, prospering, everywhere! It would be nice if we could control everything in life, but the reality is that we don't. Because of that, it almost felt like this book was written by a child.
October 6, 2024
A very good manifestation book and all of positive thinking, it really motivates and integrates you to think positive and have a good outlook on things even you’re biggest enemy should be loved within.
Love you’re enemys transmute what you want to yourself as what you gonna want to someone else it will come back.
Real wisdom and the psychic force within is our power
We control the world by our thoughts so as the world can control us by controlling our thoughts
Seek to be harmonious and positive you will evenhow vibrate it and atracte the same energy and people that like that
Self sabotage is self disturbing thoughtas, thoughts that are positive are healing and counter act the evil force.. think good thoughts and it will be shaped in to you’re life
Think on the highest and the highest you shall be
Love you’re enemys transmute what you want to yourself as what you gonna want to someone else it will come back.
Real wisdom and the psychic force within is our power
We control the world by our thoughts so as the world can control us by controlling our thoughts
Seek to be harmonious and positive you will evenhow vibrate it and atracte the same energy and people that like that
Self sabotage is self disturbing thoughtas, thoughts that are positive are healing and counter act the evil force.. think good thoughts and it will be shaped in to you’re life
Think on the highest and the highest you shall be
April 29, 2022
Excellent early 20th Century self-help book remaining relevant in our 21st Century where the “External Universe” as James Allen calls it, needs to become unselfishly transformed into our Internal Universe of Love, Truth where service is essential to bringing salvation to all, through such service, without the need for preaching, ritual, dogma, etc. He emphasizes the need for self-sacrifice and unselfishness in seeking the Kingdom of Heaven within, eliminating envy, hatred for example from our hearts. He emphasizes that such worthy ends require constant practice unlike some of those thinking salvation is a one time accomplishment through faith and belief in Christ: I’m sure a controversial approach to some fundamentalists.
December 20, 2022
Dropped. After listening to “As A Man Thinketh” by the same author, I’m disappointed in this book. Instead of the profound insights into the relationship between thoughts and reality—which the formerly mentioned book teaches succinctly—this book seems to consist only of self-help mantras and a feel-good message of “you have the power within you” and similar thoughts along those lines.
I’m glad that it promotes positive thinking, meditation, and the importance of focusing on your inner locus of control, but I was expecting a bit more than that, as these things have been extensively covered in a better and more practical way by other books.
Perhaps others will find this book useful, but I personally believe there are better works to read… such as “As A Man Thinketh.”
I’m glad that it promotes positive thinking, meditation, and the importance of focusing on your inner locus of control, but I was expecting a bit more than that, as these things have been extensively covered in a better and more practical way by other books.
Perhaps others will find this book useful, but I personally believe there are better works to read… such as “As A Man Thinketh.”
October 31, 2020
Un libro de línea espiritualista, no exento de realismo y lógica, que fundamenta su raciocinio en lo que va desde adentro hacia afuera. Si logramos dominar y ser los amos de nuestra mente y nuestro corazón, todo lo externo se va a dar según lo concebimos desde dentro. Si hacer aspavientos de haber descubierto el gran secreto del éxito, da en el clavo con lo que está en la base de todo buen resultado: lo que sembramos y cultivamos en nuestro interior. El libro nos enseña que si logramos disfrutar de nuestro interior, habremos conquistado lo que en realidad y profundamente buscábamos en lo exterior.
November 12, 2025
A wonderful read! Many look at the works of James Allen and assume his books are just “feel good writing”. However this has been a very self reflecting writing piece. Allen encourages us to “surrender self” and live a life of service and unconditional love. Regardless of your religious or spiritual background I believe this book can help each of us look beyond the physical and temporary; and really focus on what really matters in this short lived life. Would definitely recommend to all seeing enlightenment.
September 29, 2025
First off, I love this book!
"Where Self is , Truth is not, where Truth is, self is not"
Every chapter of this book made me recall scripture hence why I find this book edifying.
I would reread it as many times just to remind myself that overcoming self (basically denying self as Christ teaches us) is the ULTIMATE solution.
For me the word "Truth" reminded me of "God's Word" and " Self" reminded me of "my Flesh" .
"Where Self is , Truth is not, where Truth is, self is not"
Every chapter of this book made me recall scripture hence why I find this book edifying.
I would reread it as many times just to remind myself that overcoming self (basically denying self as Christ teaches us) is the ULTIMATE solution.
For me the word "Truth" reminded me of "God's Word" and " Self" reminded me of "my Flesh" .
November 12, 2025
This as if C.S. Lewis and Epictetus from Stoic philosophy had a baby.
Underrated due to what is likely a barrier in reading its old English style. There are some incredible pieces in here. I also think people bought it thinking it was focused on physical poverty to material power; this is all about spiritual and eternal power, the type of internal mindsets and growth that no one can take away.
It is beyond religion but uses a lot of religious languages due to the era it was written in.
Underrated due to what is likely a barrier in reading its old English style. There are some incredible pieces in here. I also think people bought it thinking it was focused on physical poverty to material power; this is all about spiritual and eternal power, the type of internal mindsets and growth that no one can take away.
It is beyond religion but uses a lot of religious languages due to the era it was written in.
August 4, 2017
This book contains two parts:
The first one I found pretty interesting. It expands the ideas presented in "As a man Thinketh" about the importance of one's thoughts in attaining success in life.
The second one I found a bit boring. It has a more spiritual tone and it brings in some religious concepts.
The first one I found pretty interesting. It expands the ideas presented in "As a man Thinketh" about the importance of one's thoughts in attaining success in life.
The second one I found a bit boring. It has a more spiritual tone and it brings in some religious concepts.
June 29, 2023
Power of Manifestation. You need to finish with yourself first then you can help other. Achieve the perfect set of mind. Jesus and Buddha (even Muhammad) follow along the journey of life by first being the master of their own mind (in certain case, they linked it to God) and then be a blessing amongst others.
Need to read again as a reminder
Need to read again as a reminder
November 14, 2024
Listening to this audiobook, reveals the biggest truth in how you turn from being barely able to survive to eventually rising in money and power. Allen emphasizes the importance of self-discipline, right thinking, and the cultivation of virtues like integrity and honesty as keys to achieving prosperity. In summary, not bad.
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