The Life Triumphant
Mastering the Heart and Mind
James Allen 1907
These short essays present a path toward inner strength through control of thought and conduct. The opening chapter pairs faith with courage as the starting point for facing difficulty.
63 pages 1h 14m reading time
- A later book from one of the early writers who shaped the modern self-help genre, best known for "As a Man Thinketh."
- Argues that calmness and self-control are real sources of power, and that a quiet mind handles trouble better than an anxious one.
- Argues that living simply and thinking clearly free a person from worry and lead to a happiness that outside events cannot take away.
Written in a seaside town
Allen wrote it in Ilfracombe, a small town on the Devon coast, where he had moved to write full time.
Thinking before writing
His wife said he climbed a hill above the town at dawn to think quietly before each day's writing.
Came with a subtitle
It first appeared with the subtitle "Mastering the Heart and Mind," which names its main aim.
