“Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
The author's interviews with various successful people
 “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen  
“You are what you think.” 
 “Byways of Blessedness” by James Allen: 
Think your way happiness and success.                                           
  “Above Life’s Turmoil” by James Allen: “
Surrounded by noise, we can yet have a quiet mind;
involved in responsibilities, the heart can be at rest;
in the midst of strife, we can know the abiding peace.”                                                            
  “The Way of Peace” by James Allen:
We become whatever we meditate upon.
 “It Works” by R. H. Jarrett:
“If you know what you want, you can have it.”
  “The Path to Prosperity” by James Allen
“It matters everything what you are within,
for everything without will be mirrored and colored accordingly.”
 “Acres of Diamonds” by Russell H. Conwell:
We can find opportunities in our own backyard.
 “The Master Key System” by Charles F Haanel:
The Master Key System was originally published
as a correspondence course in 1912. Along with
“The Science of Getting Rich”, by Wallace D. Wattles,
the Master Key System is the source of Rhonda Byrne’s
inspiration for the book and the film “The Secret”
 “The Science of Getting Rich” by by Wallace D. Wattles::  
”There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science,
like algebra or arithmetic. Certain laws govern the
process of acquiring riches”
  “The Science of Being Well” by Wallace D. Wattles:
“Health is the result of thinking and acting in a Certain Way.”
 “The Science of Being Great” by  Wallace D. Wattles:
You can be whatever you want by directing your thoughts.
  “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George Samuel Clason:
Financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon.
  “The Art of Money Getting” by P.T. Barnum:
Advice on how to acquire wealth.
 “The Fundamentals of Prosperity” by Roger W. Babson:
In our own interests, in the interests of our communities,
our industry, and of the nation itself, for a while we must
strengthen the foundations upon which American business rests.”
 “The Power of Concentration” by Theron Q. Dumont:
“To be successful concentrate on your Desired Outcome -
and work toward it
 “The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism”
 by Theron Q. Dumont: “It is a strange and almost amusing fact
that there should be at the same time, on the part of the general public,
such a general acceptance of the existence of personal magnetism,
on the one hand, and such an ignorance of the nature of this wonderful force,
on the other hand.”
 “Character-Building Thought Power” by  Ralph Waldo Trine:
“Your every act . . .  is preceded by a thought. 
Your dominating thoughts determine your dominating actions.  In the realm of our own minds we have absolute control . . . ”
 “The Greatest Thing Ever Known” by Ralph Waldo Trine:
Most of us most of the time are not awake, as a result of which,
our lives are infinitely less that those we might be living.
  “Common Sense: How to Exercise It” by
Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi:
Common sense consists of – Perception; Memory; Thought;
Alertness; Deduction; Foresight; Reason, and Judgment.
 “The Man who Knew” by Ralph Waldo Trine:
“Faith, in the sense that he used it, and the sense that
we must understand it today if it is to become a force —
a creative and moulding force — in life, is but a positive,
clear-cut type of thought, which, clearly pictured,
held to and kept watered with expectation, becomes creative in its action.”
“What all the World’s A-Seeking” by Ralph Waldo Trine:
“There is no such thing as finding true happiness by
searching for it directly.  It must come, if it comes at all,
indirectly, or by the service, the love, and the happiness
we give to others.”
The Wayfarer on the Open Road” by Ralph Waldo Trine:  “
A Creed of the Open Road”
“In Tune with the Infinite” by Ralph Waldo Trine:
“Everything is first worked out in the unseen before
it is manifested in the seen, in the ideal before it is
realized in the real, in the spiritual before it shows forth
in the material.
The realm of the unseen is the realm of cause.
The realm of the seen is the realm of effect.
The nature of effect is always determined and conditioned
by the nature of its cause.”
 “The Conquest of Happiness” by Bertrand Russell:
“My purpose is to suggest a cure for the ordinary day-to-day
unhappiness from which most people in civilized countries suffer,
and which is all the more unbearable because,
having no obvious external cause, appears inescapable.”
“The Creative Process in the Individual” by Thomas Troward:
“Well, the general direction in which we all want to go is that
 of getting more out of Life than we have ever got out of it–
we want to be more alive in ourselves and to get all sorts of
improved conditions in our environment.”
  “The Dore Lectures on Mental Science” by Thomas Troward:
“[T]hough the laws of the universe can never be broken,
they can be made to work under special conditions which
will produce results that could not be produced under
the conditions spontaneously provided by nature.”
 “The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science” by
 Thomas Troward:
The principles governing the relation between Mental Action
 and Material Conditions.
  “Your Invisible Power” by Genevieve Behrend: The “Law of Visualization”.  “Attaining Your Desires” by Genevieve Behrend:
A complete seven-lesson course in the early 1920s.
A dialogue (form) between a “Sage” and a “Pupil.”
The Sage is the famous author and teacher,
Judge Thomas Troward  You are the Pupil.
 “The Power of Silence” by Horatio W. Dresser:
“It is a revelation to many people who have sought to
enter fully into the present to discover how largely their
consciousness is ordinarily concerned with distant things.
The attention is constantly turned here and there by
thoughts that disturb one’s repose.
The past is regarded with regret, the future with fear and suspicion.
Neglected duties occur to consciousness, and there is a sense of uncertainty in regard to what the mind ought to be engaged in.
The thought occurs that perhaps one ought to be elsewhere,
instead of taking time for a quiet meditation.
One has set aside precisely half an hour for thought and
one watches the clock lest one overstep the limit.
The nervous, hurrying tide of our modern life pulses through all one’s thinking, and not for one moment is the mind in repose.”
 “This Mystical Life of Ours” by Ralph Waldo Trine:
“Each morning is a fresh beginning . . .
when the morning with its fresh beginnings comes,
all yesterdays should be yesterdays, with which we
have nothing to do. 
Sufficient is it to know that the way in which we lived
our yesterday has determined for us our today. 
And, again, when the morning with its fresh beginning
comes, all tomorrows should be tomorrows with which
we have nothing to do. 
Sufficient to know that the way we live our today
determines our tomorrow.”
 “Within You is the Power” by Henry Thomas Hamblin:
Helps people to harmonise the powers of mind and spirit
with universal law”.
  “The Life of the Spirit” by Thomas Hamblin : “
There is only one Life and this is Good. That there is
only one Power in the Universe, and this is Good.
That there is only one Purpose in the Universe,
and this, too, is Good. That there is one great Law
governing all, and this is Love. That there is no evil
in the Cosmic Scheme and the Divine Purpose
is infinitely kind and just.
That man is the Author of his own troubles;
that they are created in his own mind both conscious
and subconscious; that the attitude of the mind and
soul acts as a transformer changing the Good Force                into seeming evil.”
  “The Power of Thought” by Henry Thomas Hamblin:
“The world today is in its present state simply as a result
of mankind’s collective thinking; each nation is in its
present state of either peace and prosperity, or poverty,
murder, and anarchy, simply as a result of its thinking
as a nation; and each individual is what he is,
and his life is what it is, and his circumstances
are what they are, simply as a result of his thoughts.”
“A Message to Garcia” by Elbert Hubbard:
In 1895, Calixto García  took command of the Cuban
insurrection against Spanish rule.
During the Spanish-American war, President McKinley
composed a message of support to Garcia, and was
advised that US Army lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan
could be relied upon to deliver the message.
Rowan accepted with a ‘consider-it-done’ attitude,
completing the mission that arguably was key to the
eventual outcome of Spain’s defeat.
Hubbard argues that what the world needs are more
people like Rowan, who will “Carry a message to García”.
 “The Science of Mind” by Ernest Holmes:
The Science of the Mind teaches that,
because God is all there is in the universe
(not just present in Heaven, or in assigned deities,
as believed by traditional teachings), its power
can be used by all humans to the extent that
they recognize and align themselves with Its presence.
 “The Greatest Thing in the World” by Henry Drummond:
Drummond explains that the greatest thing in the world is love.
 “The Multiple Mentality Course” by Harry Kahne:
“Now this course may not turn you into an Einstein
or an Edison, but it will help you to think with more
of what God gave you – Your brain.”
   “Your Forces and How to Use Them” by Christian Larson: ” . . .
[T]ake a few moments every day and try to feel that you
— the “I Am” — are not only above mind and body,
but in a certain sense, distinct from mind and body;
in fact, try to isolate the “I Am” for a few moments
every day from the rest of your organised being.”
  “Self Mastery through Conscious Autosuggestion”
by Emile Coué: who shows you how to help yourself
 through the power of autosuggestion.
  “How to Find Your Real Self” by Mildred Mann:
“Do you know who you are? 
Do you really know who you are?
You are a special enterprise on the part of God.”
 “Adventures in Contentment” by David Grayson:
 David Grayson was the pen name of turn-of-the-century,
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ray Stannard Baker.
Under the name of Grayson, Baker authored eight books
of essays and observations on life’s simple pleasures.
 “Adventures in Friendship” by David Grayson:
“But on such an afternoon as this no man could possibly
remain long depressed. The moment I passed the
straggling outskirts of the town and came to the open road,
the light and glow of the countryside came in upon me
with a newness and sweetness impossible to describe.
Looking out across the wide fields I could see the vivid
green of the young wheat upon the brown soil;
in a distant high pasture the cows had been turned out
to the freshening grass; a late pool glistened in the
afternoon sunshine. And the crows were calling, and
the robins had begun to come: and oh, the moist,
cool freshness of the air! In the highest heaven
(never so high as at this time of the year)
floated a few gauzy clouds: the whole world was busy
 with spring!”
  “The Magic Story” by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey
It is claimed that many who read this story almost
immediately have good fortune
 “How to Live on 24 Hours a Day” by Arnold Bennett:
Time management tips.
  “Just How to Wake the Solar Plexus” by
Elizabeth Towne: Learn how to wake up the
part of your life powers that will help you live
a happier, healthier, more balance
 “Secrets of Mental Supremacy” by W.R.C. Latson M.D.:
How to train your senses.
  “Practical Mental Influence” by  William W. Atkinson:  
“When a Thought or Feeling is generated
in the mind or brain of a person, the energy
generated flows forth from the brain of the
person in the form of waves of mental energy, spreading from the immediate neighborhood
of the thinker to a distance proportioned
to the strength of the thought or feeling.”
 “Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life” by
William W. Atkinson
Developing and using our latent forces of
Personal Magnetism and Psychic Influence.


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