As a man thinks in his heart, so he is.

Truly, as a man thinks in his heart, so he is.

Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes,

And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes

The tool of Thought and shaping what he wills,

Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills—

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass—

Environment is but his looking-glass.

—James Allen, As a Man Thinketh