Charles Baudouin (French: [bodwɛ̃]; 26 July 1893 – August 25, 1963) was a French-Swiss psychoanalyst.
An idea upon which attention is peculiarly concentrated is an idea which tends to realize itself.
To be ambitious for wealth, and yet always expecting to be poor, to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for, is like trying to reach east by traveling west. . . . No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors, and make success impossible.
A leaf that falls into a stream (or a leaf we intentionally drop into a stream) just where the water disappears into the ground. . . will come out again at the next opening, because the underground stream has faithfully carried it there, though during this journey it has been beyond the reach of any outside interference. In the same way, an idea that has been introduced into our minds (or that we ourselves have intentionally introduced) will produce its effects after longer or shorter subconscious development.
To be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west.
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