Just as a gardener cultivates his plot keeping it free from weeds and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires so may a man tend the garden of his mind weeding out all the wrong useless and impure thoughts and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right useful and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process a man sooner or later discovers that he is t Just as a gardener cultivates his plot keeping it free from weeds and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires so may a man tend the garden of his mind weeding out all the wrong useless and impure thoughts and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right useful and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul the director of his life. He also reveals within himself the laws of thought and understands with ever-increasing accuracy how the thought-forces and mind-elements operate in the shaping of his character. About the AuthorJames Allen November 28 1864-1912 was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work As a Man Thinketh has been mass produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors.