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Quote by James Allen

“Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought.”

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James Allen, born on November 28, 1864, was a renowned writer from the United Kingdom. His works spanned across various fields such as philosophy, religion, and self-help, and were highly appreciated by readers. more

“Four characteristics constitute anyone who possesses them a sheer hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he abandons it: when he is trusted he betrays his trust, when he talks he lies, when he makes a covenant he acts treacherously and when he quarrels he abuses.”

Lying Four Abuse Betrayal Characteristics Hypocrisy Abandon Betray Trusted Sheer Quarrels Hypocrite Covenant

Author:Elijah Muhammad

“Fame is an illusion. Things can be given to you quite easily, but they get ripped away so quickly as well.”

Wells Given Fame Illusion Ripped

Author:Ashley Olsen

“Everything happens through immutable laws, ...everything is necessary... There are, some persons say, some events which are necessary and others which are not. It would be very comic that one part of the world was arranged, and the other were not; that one part of what happens had to happen and that another part of what happens did not have to happen. If one looks closely at it, one sees that the doctrine contrary to that of destiny is absurd; but there are many people destined to reason badly; others not to reason at all others to persecute those who reason.”

People Ifs World Looks Persons Reason Happens Would Be Law Destiny Events Contrary Things Happen Doctrine Absurd Comic Free Will Destined

Author:Voltaire

“This crown of free will is fallen from our head" and "If it be God's purpose that saves then it is not free will.”

Ifs Purpose Fallen Free Will Crowns

Author:Thomas Watson

“Now, you receive all your ideas; therefore you receive your wish, you wish therefore necessarily. The word "liberty" does not therefore belong in any way to your will....The will, therefore, is not a faculty that one can call free. A free will is an expression absolutely void of sense, and what the scholastics have called will of indifference, that is to say willing without cause, is a chimera unworthy of being combated.”

Way Doe Ideas Wish Causes Liberty Willing Expression Indifference Free Will Faculty Void Wish You Unworthy Chimera Scholastics

Author:Voltaire

“We let a river shower its banks with a spirit that invades the people living there, and we protect that river, knowing that without its blessings the people have no source of soul.”

People Soul Spirit Water Knowing Source Blessing Protect Rivers Environmental Showers Rivers And Water Water Is Life

Author:Thomas Moore

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