As A Man Thinketh

This concise and highly influential work argues that a person’s character, circumstances, and destiny are shaped by thought. A landmark of New Thought writing, it remains widely read for its clear, aphoristic style and its practical reflections on the ethical power of mental discipline.

James Allen was an English philosophical writer whose short works on thought, character, and spiritual self-discipline became central to the New Thought and inspirational literature traditions. Books such as As a Man Thinketh present a moral and quasi-mystical view of the power of mind that has appealed to readers of esoteric and spiritual writing.