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Tweets from the famous British philosophical writer. Best known for his inspirational books and poetry and for being a pioneer of the self-help movement.

Joined June 2011
You shall lay down the saw and the plane to take upon yourself the regeneration of the world.
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The body obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
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Impure thoughts of every kind crystallize into enervating and confusing habits, which solidify into distracting and adverse circumstances.
As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
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When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life.
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Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bad fruit.
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In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute.
As a being of power, intelligence and love, man holds the key to every situation, and make himself what he wills.
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With the majority the bark of thought is allowed to "drift" upon the ocean of life.
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Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
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Your wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with your thoughts and actions.
Before a man can achieve anything, even in worldly things, he must lift his thoughts above slavish animal indulgence.
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Men will continue to have impure and poisoned blood, so long as they propagate unclean thoughts.
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The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart--this you will build your life by, this you will become.
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A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
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When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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If a man's mind hath evil thoughts, pain comes on him as comes the wheel the ox behind.
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Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.
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When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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