Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success

By James Allen

This is one of the last books written by James Allen. Like all his books, he wrote when he had a message, and it became a message only when he had lived it out in his own life, and knew that it was good. In this book, which has inspired millions, James Allen shows us where to begin if we are to find Happiness and Success. This simple guide will help you find the correct mind-set to begin to change your life for the better and find more than happiness and success. It will also lead to blessedness, satisfaction and peace.

"It is wise to know what comes first, and what to do first. To begin anything in the middle or at the end is to make a muddle of it." -James Allen

• Language: English
• Publisher: G&D Media
• Release date: Aug 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781722523466

James Allen

James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early 1900s, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill.

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Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success

JAMES ALLEN TITLES

Above Life’s Turmoil

All These Things Added

As a Man Thinketh

Byways of Blessedness

Eight Pillars of Prosperity

Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success

From Passion to Peace

From Poverty to Power

James Allen’s Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year

Light on Life’s Difficulties

Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance

Men and Systems

Morning and Evening Thoughts

Out from the Heart

Poems of Peace

The Life Triumphant

The Mastery of Destiny

The Shining Gateway

Through the Gate of Good

Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success

James Allen

Published 2019 by Gildan Media LLC

aka G&D Media

www.GandDmedia.com

No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner whatsoever, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained within. Although every precaution has been taken, the author and publisher assume no liability for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

Design by Meghan Day Healey of Story Horse, LLC

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request

ISBN: 978-1-7225-0252-2

eISBN: 978-1-7225-2346-6

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More Good is the recompense of Good;

More Virtue is the reward of Virtue;

More capacity is the crown of Use.

In Goodness, Virtue, and the wise use of all our powers is all happiness.

Other forms of happiness are fleeting,

But this abides, and does not pass away.

Contents

Foreword

Editor’s Preface

Right Principles

Sound Methods

True Actions

True Speech

Equal-Mindedness

Good Results

James Allen: A Memoir

by Lily L. Allen

About the Author

Foreword

How does a man begin the building of a house? He first secures a plan of the proposed edifice, and then proceeds to build according to the plan, scrupulously following it in every detail, beginning with the foundation. Should he neglect the beginning—the beginning on a mathematical plan—his labor would be wasted, and his building, should it reach completion without tumbling to pieces, would be insecure and worthless. The same law holds good in any important work: the right beginning and first essential is a definite mental plan on which to build.

Nature will have no slipshod work, no slovenliness, and she annihilates confusion, or rather, confusion is in itself annihilated. Order, definiteness, purpose,