Eight Pillars Prosperity

Name: Eight Pillars Prosperity
Brand: Ascent Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: James Allen
ISBN: 9781596597495

Author: James Allen

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 3 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/04/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Motivational & Inspirational

Synopsis

It is popularly supposed that a greater prosperity for individuals or nations can only come through a political and social reconstruction. This cannot be true apart from the practice of the moral virtues in the individuals that comprise a nation. Better laws and social conditions will always follow a higher realization of morality among the individuals of a community, but no legal enactment can give prosperity to, nay it cannot prevent the ruin of, a man or a nation that has become lax and decadent in the pursuit and practice of virtue.

The moral virtues are the foundation and support of prosperity as they are the soul of greatness. They endure forever, and all the works of man which endure are built upon them. Without them there is neither strength, stability, nor substantial reality, but only ephemeral dreams. To find moral principles is to have found prosperity, greatness, truth, and is therefore to be strong, valiant, joyful and free.
-James Allen Bryngoleu, Ilfracombe, England

About James Allen

James Allen (1864-1912) was a British writer and pioneer of the self-help movement. Born to a working-class family in Leicester, England, Allen left school at age fifteen, after which he worked as a private secretary and later as a magazine writer. In 1902, he began to publish his own spiritual magazine, The Light of Reason. Over the course of his life, Allen wrote nineteen books, some of which include As a Man Thinketh, Eight Pillars of Prosperity, Above Life's Turmoil, From Passion to Peace, and From Poverty to Power.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicholas

out of the last 115 books I've read, this one is in the top three philosophically along with Michael pearl's book on marriage and one of bounds' books on prayer. while written from a secular point of view, the principles are timeless. I loved how they were presented. I saw my weaknesses and my stren......more

Goodreads review by Russell

I marked this book up a lot and liked it even better than As a Man Thinketh. It was much longer, had a lot more volume to it (in terms of thoroughness or completeness, IMO) and really set the mark high for achieving Allen's definition of "prosperity". As I gradually proceeded with each chapter, I fo......more

Goodreads review by Desiree

Allen offers a beautiful discourse on doctrines of character and integrity. Any violation of universal law must bring about just consequence, and also, reward for living its tenets without deviation. When one deviates from the pillars of prosperity, the inevitable price will ultimately be paid-- eve......more

Goodreads review by Super Devi

I did not expect life changing experience when I casually began reading this book. I thought it would be a quick pick-me-up pep talk I needed (to say goodbye to summer hangover). . however, I was wrong. Simplicity is always under-rated when it comes to profound revelations and this book was just tha......more