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Studies show that we have over fifty thousand thoughts per day.
“A person cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances."—As A Man Thinketh”
― Day by Day With James Allen
― Day by Day With James Allen
“People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."—As A Man Thinketh”
― Day by Day With James Allen
― Day by Day With James Allen
“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
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“Exert yourself ceaselessly in decreasing evil and accumulating good.”
― JAMES ALLEN'S BOOK OF MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
― JAMES ALLEN'S BOOK OF MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
Ralston’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ralston’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Christian, Classics, Ebooks, History, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Self help, and Spirituality
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