James Allen: “A man has to learn that he cannot command things but that…” — Idle Concepts

Idle Concepts

No. 218
A man has to learn that he cannot command things but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others but that he can mold and master his own will.
James Allen

The Life Triumphant (1908)

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