A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
In plain words
What you think about most is what you slowly turn into.
Where these words come from
- 92% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Ethical Religion (Madras: S. Ganesan, 1922), p. 62 — digitized scan confirmed via Google Books/HathiTrust link on Wikiquote's sourced 1920s section.
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