Before "New Age" there was "New Thought," a self-help philosophy that sought expanded consciousness and spiritual truth through positive thinking and was wildly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. American mystic and best-selling author RALPH WALDO TRINE (1866-1958) was one of the most significant writers on New Thought principles, and here, in this 1912 work, Trine explores: . the power of optimism in achieving inner harmony . the science of thought and personal magnetism . the wisdom of leniency when judging ourselves and others . the importance of keeping a sense of proportion . and much more. THE WINNING OF THE BEST Which Way is Life Leaning? “The optimist fell ten stories And at each window bar He shouted to his friends. ‘All right so far.’” Was he, as one is now and then inclined to think, a silly pated fool, or was there some basis for the feeling which inspired his utterance? In other words, are those to whom life seems so bright, buoyant, even and interesting, in distinction from those to whom it seems so dark and complex and uncertain, to be described by this same, or by some kindred term?
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