Self-improvement · In English · 1903
As a Man Thinketh
A tiny classic on how your thoughts shape your habits, results and future. You can read it in an hour and return to it for years.
7 chapters · about 1 h of reading
Opening the book
How the book begins
THE aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance 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 is 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.
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About this edition
Public domain: the author died in 1912, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1903. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.
We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.