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“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.
— James Allen
Author of As a Man Thinketh
As A Man Thinketh (1902) / Serenity
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