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Robert Collier

Robert Collier was an American self-help author. His most famous work is The Secret of the Ages (1926). The book consists of 7 volumes, each addressing a different aspect of life and success. Collier's writings often focused on the power of positive thinking and the ability of individuals to shape their destinies.

Robert Collier was born in New York City. He attended St. Francis College, later transferred to Georgetown University, and graduated in 1894, winning the Merrick Medal from the Philodemic Society. Collier also received the degree of A. B. from Georgetown University and spent two years at Harvard and Oxford University.

Collier's career began with his collaboration with his father's publishing business. Peter Fenelon Collier managed Collier's Weekly, a magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This exposure to the publishing industry provided Robert Collier with insights into writing, marketing, and connecting with a broad audience.

After his father's death, he became head of the company and sometimes was editor of Collier's Weekly.

Throughout his career, Robert Collier wrote numerous books, pamphlets, and articles, primarily targeting readers interested in self-improvement and personal success.

His most notable book, The Secret of the Ages, explored the concept of the Law of Attraction, emphasizing that thoughts and beliefs have the power to manifest one's desires.

Collier believed that by harnessing the power of the mind and maintaining a positive mindset, individuals could succeed in all areas of their lives. His writings blended metaphysical concepts, practical advice, and inspirational anecdotes to motivate and empower readers.

Robert Collier was also president of the Aero Club of America and an aviation and polo enthusiast.

Collier passed away in 1950, but his influence and legacy endure.
years of life: 19 April 1885 9 January 1950

Quotes

Mtashobya Amonhas quoted3 days ago
INTRODUCTION

What is the strongest political trend in the world today?

After the last war, it was towards democracy. But somehow democracy failed the average man. When the depression came and he found himself unable to provide food and shelter for his loved ones, he demanded something more than equality of opportunity. He demanded SECURITY from want.

To answer that demand came “Strong Men,” so-called, Mussolinis and Hitlers and Antonescus and Francos and the like, and Fascism was born. Men achieved security, of a kind, but they bartered their freedom for it. And soon they learned that power feeds on power, and the only end of dictatorship is war, which destroys all.

So today the trend is to the other extreme—to Communism. All over the world you see signs of it. China has largely embraced it. All of eastern Europe is engulfed by it. France and Belgium are trending in that direction. Even here in the U. S., some labor unions are strongly Communistic, several political groups are dominated by it, it has its disciples in high places and for a time Democrats feared that their party would be taken over by the Communists.

And the reason ? The same reason that has impelled man since time began—the longing for security, security for the home, security against want, security for old age.

Since time began, the search for security has been one of the strongest urges in all of nature. You see it in the animal in the way it conceals its nest and tries to make it safe from predatory creatures—man or animal. You see it in the records of early man in the caves he dug into the sides of the mountains, in the tree huts, in the cliff dwellings. You follow it down through the ages to the walled cities, the turreted castles, the inaccessible mountains in which men made their homes.

Throughout history, you see this search for security as one of the dominant characteristics of all human kind. And now that the common man has realized his power, you find him all over the world banding together to take over all property, to the end that he and his may find that security from want that he has so long worked for.

What he does not seem to realize is that the mere redistribution of property never has and never will solve his problem. It will provide him with temporary supply, yes—but supply is a continuing problem, and when his small share of the general distribution is gone, he will be worse off than he was before, because production will have either ceased or been greatly curtailed.

Redistribution is not the answer. It has been tried repeatedly, and always failed. You must go farther back than that. You must start with the source of things. And that is what we shall try to do in
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