Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself.

As We Think, So We Are: James Allen's Guide to Transforming Our Lives (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2012) - ISBN: 9781451681918