I dreamed of writing books which would help men and women, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, worldly or unworldly to find within themselves the source of all success, all happiness, accomplishment, all truth. And the dream remained with me, and at last became substantial; and now I send forth these books into the world on a mission of healing and blessedness, knowing that they cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts of those who are waiting and ready to receive them.
I write for men, not for babes; for those who are eager to learn, and earnest to achieve; for those who will put away (for the worldâs good) a petty personal indulgence, a selfish desire, a mean thought, and live on as though it were not, sans craving and regret.
-James Allen