James Allen
James Allen
Pioneer of magnetospheric research in space whose discovery of the radiation belts encircling the earth helped to further the science of astronomy. He was one of Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1960.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 September 1914
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Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As a fire consumes a magnificent building, reducing it to a heap of unsightly ashes, so are men consumed by the flames of passions, and their deeds and works fall and perish.
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In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result
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Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you.
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It's tough right now trying to convince developers to do something in these older spots, because no one's really sure what's underneath all the asphalt.
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It is the whole environment that is created in the doctor-patient relationship, in that it is not really permissive on either side, ... Neither side is encouraging the other to talk about it.
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It's hard to say, ... I think it is a toss up ... on what we will get.
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evil is not power; it is ignorance and misuse of good.
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The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the basis of all real wisdom and power.
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As we develop a regional economic-development strategy for Erie and Niagara counties, we have identified tourism as one of our growth clusters. The arts and culture industry needs to be viewed as an economic-development sector.
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As water, when transmuted into steam, becomes a new, more definite and wide-reaching power, so passion, when transmuted into intellectual and moral force, becomes a new life, a new power for the accomplishment of high and unfailing purposes.
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They couldn't figure out why people got sick. The only thing they could imagine was that there was some kind of malignant force.
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration
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A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.
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No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.