Above Life's Turmoil

The turmoil of the world we cannot avoid, but the disturbances of mind we can overcome. The duties and difficulties of life claim our attention, but we can rise above all anxiety concerning them. Surrounded by noise, we can yet have a quiet mind; involved in responsibilities, the heart can be at rest; in the midst of strife, we can know the abiding peace. The twenty pieces which comprise this book, unrelated as some of them are in the letter, will be found to be harmonious in the spirit, in that they point the reader towards those heights of self-knowledge and self-conquest which, rising above the turbulence of the world, lift their peaks where the Heavenly Silence reigns.

By : James Allen (1864 - 1912)

0 - Foreword, True Happiness, The Immortal Man 1 - The Overcoming of Self, The Uses of Temptation 2 - The Man of Integrity, Discrimination 3 - Belief, the Basis of Action; Belief that Saves 4 - Thought and Action, Your Mental Attitude 5 - Sowing and Reaping, The Reign of Law 6 - The Supreme Justice, The Use of Reason 7 - Self-Discipline, Resolution 8 - The Glorious Conquest, Contentment in Activity 9 - The Temple of Brotherhood, Pleasant Pastures of Peace