As a Man thinketh - James Allen

1. On Character

1.1. A man is literally what he thinks - his character being a complete sum of all his thoughts.

1.1.1. Character = Real Thoughts

1.2. Man is made or unmade by himself in the armoury of thoughts he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.

1.2.1. We are making ourselves every single moment with our thoughts

1.3. Man is the master of thought, the moulder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment and destiny.

1.3.1. We mould our character

1.3.1.1. Nobody else is responsible for it.

1.3.1.2. You are not a Victim of something else. Your character is not a complete result of someone else's effects on you.

1.3.2. We make our conditions

1.3.2.1. We should not do the following: Taking pledge in words but it is not harmonizing with actions.

1.3.2.1.1. Don't do the same mistake again and again

1.4. Man contains within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills.

1.4.1. We can make ourselves what we want.