From James Allen to You 46

From poverty to power; or, the realization of prosperity and peace.
Part 2: The path to prosperity
The way out of undesirable conditions 24

Your true wealth is your stock of virtue,
and your true power the uses to which you put it.
Rectify your heart,
and you will rectify your life.
Lust, hatred, anger, vanity, pride, covetousness, self-indulgence,
self-seeking, obstinacy,-
all these are poverty and weakness;
whereas love, purity, gentleness, meekness, compassion, generosity,
self-forgetfulness, and self-renunciation,-
all these are wealth and power.

As the elements of poverty and weakness are overcome,
an irresistible and all-conquering power is evolved from within,
and he who succeeds in establishing himself in the highest virtue,
brings the whole world to his feet.

But the rich, as well as the poor, have their undesirable conditions,
and are frequently farther removed from happiness than the poor.
And here we see how happiness depends,
not upon outward aids or possessions,
but upon the inward life.

Perhaps you are an employer,
and you have endless trouble with those whom you employ,
and when you do get good and faithful servants they quickly leave you.
As a result you are beginning to lose,
or have completely lost, your faith in human nature.

to rectify = to make something right
lust = a very powerful feeling of wanting something
vanity = the fact that you are too interested in your appearance or achievements
covetousness = a strong wish to have something, especially something that belongs to someone else
indulgence = the attitude of allowing yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable, or the act of having something enjoyable
meekness = the quality of being quiet, gentle, and unwilling to argue or express your opinions
renunciation = the formal announcement that someone no longer owns, supports, believes in
irresistible = impossible to refuse, oppose, or avoid