James Allen 
Byways to Blessedness 

From the book:


“…Life is full of beginnings. They are presented every day and every hour to every person. Most beginnings are small, and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality, they are the most important things in life. See how in the material world everything proceeds from small beginnings. The mightiest river is at first a rivulet over which the grasshopper could leap; the great flood commences with a few drops of rain; the sturdy oak, which has endured the storms of a thousand winters, was once an acorn; and the smouldering match, carelessly dropped, may be the means of devastating a whole town by fire. Consideriamo, inoltre, come nel mondo spirituale le cose più grandi procedono dai più piccoli inizi. Una fantasia leggera può essere l’inizio di una meravigliosa invenzione o di un’opera d’arte immortale; una frase parlata può cambiare il corso della storia; un pensiero puro intrattenuto può portare all’esercizio di un potere rigenerativo mondiale; e un momentaneo impulso animale può portare al crimine più oscuro…”.