We should be constantly on guard against... by William Walker Atkinson | We Heart Quotes

We should be constantly on guard against temptations to break the new resolution 'just this once'. This 'just once' idea kills off more good resolutions than any other one cause. The moment you yield 'just this once', you introduce the thin edge of the wedge that will, in the end, split your resolution into pieces.

- William Walker Atkinson

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It seems a peculiar fact that it is easier to concentrate on something that is not good for us, than on something that is beneficial. This tendency is overcome when we learn to concentrate consciously.

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The differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibrations. The higher the vibration, the higher the position in the scale.

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Everything happens according to Law; that nothing ever 'merely happens'; that there is no such thing as Chance; that while there are various planes of Cause and Effect, the higher dominating the lower planes, still nothing ever entirely escapes the Law.

- William Walker Atkinson

Strong expectancy is a powerful magnet. He of the strong, confident desire attracts to him the things best calculated to aid him.

- William Walker Atkinson

We have the truth still with us. But it is not found in books, to any given extent. It has been passed along from lip to ear. When it was written down at all, its meaning was veiled in terms of alchemy and astrology, so that only those possessing the key could read it aright.

- William Walker Atkinson

If you are possessed of Fear, do not waste time trying to 'kill out' Fear, but instead cultivate the quality of Courage, and the Fear will disappear.

- William Walker Atkinson

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