Top quotes by Ernest Holmes

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it. Votes: 26

Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of the ages. Votes: 21

The great spiritual geniuses, whether it was Moses, Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Jesus, or Emerson..... have taught man to look within himself to find God. Votes: 17

But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand. Votes: 15

The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God. Votes: 14

Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts, cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy. Votes: 14

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. Votes: 11

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness. Votes: 10

God gives some more than others because some accept more than others. Votes: 9

Spirituality is natural goodness. God is not a person; God is a presence personified in us. Spirituality is not a thing; it is the atmosphere of God's Presence, goodness, truth, and beauty. Votes: 9

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith. Votes: 8

It is necessary for us to understand that the only Active Principle is Spirit. Votes: 8

The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living soul. Votes: 7

Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear. Votes: 6

I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson. Votes: 5

Heaven is within us, and we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it. Votes: 5

Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer. Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again. Love heals, forgives, and makes whole. Votes: 5

Never limit your view of life by any past experience. Votes: 5

Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God. Votes: 4

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing. Votes: 4

The intellect is a cold thing and a merely intellectual idea will never stimulate thought in the same manner that a spiritual idea does. Votes: 4

Expectancy speeds progress. Therefore, live in a continual state of expectancy. No matter how much good you are experiencing today, expect greater good tomorrow. Expect to meet new friends. Expect to meet new and wonderful experiences. Try this magic of expectancy and you will soon discover a dramatic side to your work which gives full vent to constructive feeling. Votes: 4

The universal Mind contains all knowledge. It is the potential ultimate of all things. To it, all things are possible. Votes: 3

Teach and practice, practice and teach - that is all we have; that is all we are good for; that is all we ever ought to do. Votes: 2

There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it. Votes: 2

A state of expectancy is a great assetl; a state of uncertainty-one moment thinking "perhaps" and the next moment thinking "I don't know"-will never get desired results. Votes: 2

It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he would have himself appear to be. From the Universe, nothing is or an be hidden. Votes: 2

A consciousness of God releases the greatest power of all. Votes: 2

As our thought is opened and we behold the image of eternity within ourselves, we are changed by this image into a newness of life. Votes: 2

With a penetrating vision you can dissipate the obstruction, remove the obstacle, dissolve the wrong condition. Votes: 2

The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it. Votes: 0

I live in the faith that there is a Presence and Power greater than I am that nurtures and supports me in ways I could not even imagine. I know that this Presence is All knowing and All Power and is Always right where I am Votes: 0

The Science of Mind is intensely practical because it teaches us how to use the Mind Principle for definite purposes, such as helping those who are sick, impoverished, or unhappy. Votes: 0

ANYONE may become a revealer of Truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God. Votes: 0

We live in a spiritual Universe. God is in, through, around and for us. Votes: 0

We may stumble, but always there is that eternal voice, forever whispering within our ear, that thing which causes the eternal quest, that thing which forever sings and sings. Votes: 0

Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying. Votes: 0

Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Votes: 0

When you want to do a big thing, get the mental pattern, make it perfect, know just what it means, enlarge your thought, keep it to yourself, pass it over to the creative power behind all things, wait and listen, and when the impression comes, follow it with assurance. Don't talk to anyone about it. Never listen to negative talk or pay attention to it and you will succeed where all others fail. Votes: 0

I am guided by the same intelligence and inspired by the same imagination which scatters the moon beams across the waves and holds the forces of nature in it's grasp. Votes: 0

All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true. Votes: 0

We have within us, a power that is greater than anything we shall ever contact in the outer, a power that can overcome every obstacle in our life and set us safe, satisfied and at peace, healed and prosperous, in a new light, and in a new life. Votes: 0

We are all immersed in the atmosphere of our own thinking. This decides what shall take place in our lives. Votes: 0

The mind is a magnet and we attract that with which we identify the self. In order to get the most out of life we must learn consciously to change many of our habitual thought patterns. This is not easy, for our old thought patterns cling to us with great tenacity, but, being thought patterns, they can be reversed. If you are filled with fear, refill yourself with faith, for faith always overcomes fear. Votes: 0

But we are born to be happy, to be abundantly supplied with every good thing, to have fun in living, to consciously unite with the Divine Power that is around us and within us, and to grow and expand forever. Votes: 0

Definitely I know that every negative condition of the past is cleared away from my consciousness. I no longer think about it, see it, or believe in it. Nor do I believe that it has any effect whatsoever in my experience. Yesterday is not, tomorrow is not, but today, bright with hope and filled with promise, is mine. Today I live. Votes: 0

You have discovered the spiritual universe. Many others have discovered this same world, but each must make the discovery for himself. You are going to have a lot of joy sailing around this world of yours. Don't fight the opinions of others, or waste your time arguing over these things. Follow the inward gleam of your consciousness and you will arrive. Votes: 0

I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous effort, but through quiet contemplation, through gently reaching and affirming an inward recognition. I know exactly what to do in every situation. There is an inspiration within me which governs every act, every thought, with certainty, with conviction and in peace. Votes: 0

So plastic is mind, so receptive, that the slightest thought makes an impression upon it. People who think many kinds of thought must expect to receive a confused manifestation in their lives. If a gardener plants a thousand kinds of seeds, he will get a thousand kinds of plants: it is the same in mind. Votes: 0

Practically the whole human race is hypnotized because it thinks what somebody else told it to think. Votes: 0

It is right that we should be successful, for otherwise Spirit is not expressed. Votes: 0

You are an eternal being now on the pathway of endless unfoldment, never less but always more yourself. Life is not static. It is forever dynamic, forever creatingnot something done and finished, but something alive, awake and aware. There is something within you that sings the song of eternity. Listen to it. Votes: 0

Trust in your own self more than in all else. Votes: 0

Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention. Votes: 0

Nothing is too good to be true. Votes: 0

Since the only life you can have is the life of the Spirit within you, you need but permit Its radiance to flow through your thought into self-expression. You are surrounded by a dynamic force, a great surge of living power. You are immersed in and saturated with the vital essence of Life. Its presence permeates everything, binding all together in one complete whole. Votes: 0

Life is not just something to be endured. It is to be lived in joy, in a fullness without limit (p.82) Votes: 0

The truth is true wherever you find it. Remember, sugar is sweet whether you find it in a sugar bowl or a dust pan. Votes: 0

We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals. Votes: 0

Believe as though you are, and you will be... Votes: 0

A realization of the Presence of God is the most powerful healing agency known to the mind of man. Votes: 0

When we learn to trust the universe, we shall be happy, prosperous and well Votes: 0

We are born to create, and we can't help it. Why is that? Because God, the great Creator, is in us. Votes: 0

Like attracts like and we attract just what we are in mind. Votes: 0

One who has learned to love all people will find plenty of people who will return that love. Votes: 0

There is a Power around you that knows and that understands all things. This Power works like the soil; it receives the seed of your thought and at once begins to operate upon it. It will receive whatever you give to it and will create for you and throw back at you whatever you think into it. Votes: 0

As you discover your daily good, and believe in it, and think about it, expect it to continue. Votes: 0

To the soul that knows its own divinity, all else must gravitate Votes: 0

Too often, our minds are so burdened because of the mistakes we have made that we do not take the time to forgive ourselves and others and start over again. Votes: 0

Prepare your mind to recieve the best that life has to offer. Votes: 0

Life is ever giving of Itself. We must receive, utilize and extend the gift. Success and prosperity are spiritual attributes belonging to all people. Votes: 0

Today I do affirm that I am Divinely guided...There is that within which knows what to do and how to do it, and it compels me to act on what it knows. Votes: 0

Love is at the Center of our being, and the calm, continuous pulsations of life are governed by Love. Votes: 0

The Power which creates and sustains everything is now creating everything necessary to my happiness. Votes: 0

I am a gift of joy that God gives to a wonderful world. Votes: 0

The whole thing resolves itself into our mental ability to control our thought. The man who can do this can have what he wants, can do what he wishes and becomes what he wills... Votes: 0

You can attract only that which you mentally become and feel yourself to be in reality. Votes: 0

The abundance you desire to experience must first be an experience in your mind. Votes: 0

A constant realization of the presence of Spirit will provide a sense of Divine Companionship that no other attitude could produce. Votes: 0

Each one should realize there is nothing in (us) which denies that which (we) desire. Votes: 0

Where the mind goes energy flows. Votes: 0

We already live in a Perfect Universe, but It needs to be seen mentally before It can become a part of our experience. Votes: 0

When we conceive a new idea we are thinking directly from the creativity of God. Votes: 0

Divine Intelligence working through me always knows just what I need and always supplies it when I need it. Votes: 0

Begin where you are. It would be unscientific to begin anywhere else. Votes: 0

Our vision is beclouded and the pathway of our progress is obstructed until we come to know that god can and does express as Good in every person and every situation. Votes: 0

You can be on the cusp of something. Appreciate the cusp, not the something. Appreciate this moment now. Votes: 0

..Whoever dewlls on beauty tends to become beautiful; there will be a grace and charm to expressing itself through that person which no one can fail to recognize and appreciate. Votes: 0

Abundance is mine. I cannot be deprived of my supply. The trees do not lack for leaves, nor do the flowers fail to bloom. Votes: 0

Nature will not let us stay in any one place for too long. She will let us stay just long enough to gather the experience necessary to the unfolding and advancement of the soul. This is a wise provision, for should we stay there too long, we would become too set, too rigid, too inflexible. Nature demands change in order that we may advance. Votes: 0

Just what is meant by 'your word?' It means your conscious intention, your conscious direction, your conscious faith and acceptance that, because of what you are doing, the Power of Spirit will flow through your word in the direction you give It. Votes: 0

God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form. Votes: 0

. . . man is just what he thinks himself to be . . . He will attract to himself what the thinks most about. He can learn to govern his own destiny when he learns to control his thoughts. Votes: 0

We must be convinced that abundance is the natural state of the Universe. To experience and accept abundance in our life, we must be convinced that as we conceive and believe, the Universe handles the details. Votes: 0

You are more than you appear to be - Life is greater than you have ever known it - The best is yet to come. Votes: 0

Stop trying, stop struggling; begin to be calm, to trust in the higher laws of life, even though you do not see them; they are still there. Votes: 0

Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people potentially perfect. He will regulate his thinking to meet this necessity and refuse to believe in its opposite. At first he may be influenced by conditions, and he may appear weak, but as time goes on he will PROVE TO HIMSELF that his position is a correct one, for that which appears imperfect will begin to slip from his experience Votes: 0

Thoughts of lack manifest as limitation. Thoughts of abundance manifest as success and happiness. Failure and success are but two ends of the same stick. Votes: 0

Every thought has a consequence. And every experience has a causative thought behind it. Votes: 0

No person whose entire time is spent in the contemplation of limitation can demonstrate freedom from such limitation. Votes: 0

God wills us to have everything. As we express life, we fulfill God's law of abundance, but we do this only as we realize that there is good enough to go around-only as we know that all of God's gifts are given as freely and fully as the air and the sunshine. Votes: 0

Never let anything cause you to doubt your ability to demonstrate the Truth. Votes: 0

It is done to you as you believe. Votes: 0

The thought of judgment, criticism and condemnation must, in time, operate against the one who sets it into motion. Votes: 0

Life externalizes at the level of our thought. Votes: 0

Gratitude is one of the chief graces of human existence and is crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity. Votes: 0

Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come. Votes: 0

Through the art of affirmative prayer the limitless resources of the Spirit are at my command. The power of the Infinite is at my disposal. Votes: 0

If the philosophy of Christianity were lived, wars would cease, unhappiness would cease, economic problems would be solved, poverty would be wiped from the face of the earth, and man's inhumanity to man would be transmuted into a spirit of mutual helpfulness. Votes: 0

Change your thinking, change your life. Votes: 0

The manifest universe is the body of God ... all people are incarnations of the One Spirit. Votes: 0

If you wish to know the truth about your business or your profession, know that it is an activity of good. It is an activity of your partnership with the infinite. Votes: 0

Fear brings failure; faith brings success. It's just that simple. Votes: 0

Blessing: Constructive thought directed toward anyone or condition. You bless a man when you recognize the divinity in him. Votes: 0

Drop all negative thoughts from the mind. Do not dwell on adversity but think plenty into everything, for there is power in the word. Meditate on the things you are doing as being already done - complete and perfect. Votes: 0

Seek to make your work a prayer, your believing an act, your living an art. It is then that the object of your faith will be made visible to you. It is then that you shall 'kiss the lips of your desire.' Votes: 0

The greatest good that can come to anyone is forming within them an absolute certainty of themselves, and of their relationship to the Universe, forever removing the sense of heaven as being outside of them. Votes: 0

There is a Power in the universe greater than you are, and you can use it. Votes: 0

My affairs are in the keeping of Infinite Wisdom. I am guided by Divine Intelligence. The activity of Spirit inspires my mind and flows through my actions. Life lies open to me, rich, full and abundant. Votes: 0

The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the truth, so that man may understand the great laws that govern his life. He must learn to control his own destiny, to heal his own body and bring happiness to his own soul. Votes: 0

Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will, may enter. Votes: 0

Since each soul is some part of the Whole, it is impossible that any soul can be lost. Votes: 0

. . . everything in life responds to the song of the heart. Votes: 0

We are bound by nothing except belief. Votes: 0

Within us is the unborn possibility of limitless experience. Ours is the privilege of giving birth to it! Votes: 0

We are chemists in the laboratory of the Infinite. What, then shall we create? Votes: 0

Everything necessary to the full and complete expression of the most boundless experience of joy is mine now. Votes: 0

We must have a spiritual rebirth. We must be born out of the belief in externalities into the belief of inner realities, out of the belief that we are separated from God, into the belief that we are part of a Unitary Wholeness. Votes: 0

The mind of man is continuously unfolding into a greater recognition of its real plan in the creative order of the Universe. Votes: 0

There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it. Votes: 0

Healing is the discovery of the Divinity within. Votes: 0

To the man who can perfectly practice inaction, all things are possible. Votes: 0

Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy. Votes: 0

Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature is goodness, truth, wisdom and beauty, as well as energy and imagination. Our highest satisfaction comes from a sense of conscious union with this invisible Life. All human endeavor is an attempt to get back to first principles, to find such an inward wholeness that all sense of fear, doubt and uncertainty vanishes. Votes: 0

Love is the sole impulse for creation; and the man who does not have it as the greatest incentive in his life has never developed the real creative instinct. No one can swing out into the Universal without love, for the whole universe is based upon it. Votes: 0

True imagination is not fanciful daydreaming; it is fire from heaven. Votes: 0

We are to look for God in each other and love this God, forgetting all else... Votes: 0

Whatever the mind holds to and firmly believes in, forms a new pattern of though within its creative mold, as whatever thought is held in the mind tends to take outward form in new creations. Votes: 0

Faith is a mental attitude that is so convinced of its own idea - which so completely accepts it - that any contradiction is unthinkable and impossible. Votes: 0

Love is the victor in every case. Love breaks down the iron bars of thought, and sets the captive free. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm reaches out with joy, for there is nothing depressing about it; it reaches out in faith, for there is no fear in it; it reaches out with acceptance, for there is no doubt in it; it reaches out as a child for there is no uncertainty about it. Votes: 0

Any thought which tends to inspire, to comfort, and to give peace to the mind is good. Votes: 0

The one seeking to demonstrate the power of spiritual realization in everyday affairs should believe in Divine guidance... and that everything in life is controlled by love, harmony, and peace. Votes: 0

Mind exists as a Principle in the universe, just as electricity exists as a principle. Votes: 0

Anyone can heal who believes that he can and will take the time to put that belief into motion. Votes: 0

No one can rob us of our own soul, and our spirit is already one with the eternal goodness. Votes: 0

All emerge from that One Whose Being is ever present and Whose Life, robed in numberless forms, is manifest throughout all creation. Creation is the logical result of the out-push of Life into self-expression. Votes: 0

With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought. Votes: 0

The Apostle John said, " Beloved, now we are the sons of God." He didn't say by and by we are going to become sons of God. He said we are that now, today, this moment. " Now we are the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shallsee him as he is" Votes: 0

Let the inner ear listen to the voice of truth that is always speaking. Votes: 0

You are to have implicit confidence in your own ability, knowing that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself in your health and affairs, knowing that you are the thinker. Votes: 0

Create or perish is the eternal mandate of nature. Be constructive or become frustrated is an equal demand. You cannot escape the conclusion that whatever this thing is which is seeking expression through everything, it can find satisfactory outlet only through constructive and life-giving creativeness. Votes: 0

We are all thinking, willing, knowing,conscious centers of Life. We are surroundedby, immersed in, and there is flowing through us a creative something... call it what you will. Votes: 0

All limitations are self-imposed. Votes: 0

We are continuously living a new life, and when the old and the new do not fit nicely together, the old - no longer able to contain the new - should be discarded. Votes: 0

The highest God and the innermost God is one God. Votes: 0

Life is greater than you have ever known it. Votes: 0

Joy has come to live with me. How can I be sad? I do so love Thy presence, which is joy within me. Votes: 0

There is One Infinite Spirit and every time man says, "I am" he proclaims it. Votes: 0

In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to. Votes: 0

True teaching liberates the student from his teacher. Votes: 0

We should daily feel a deeper union with Life, a greater sense of that Indwelling God - the God of the seen and of the unseen - within us. Votes: 0

Electricity was a reality in the universe when Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. This is true of all natural laws; they have always existed but only when understood may they be used. Votes: 0

Know that nothing can hinder you but yourself. If you believe you can, you can. Votes: 0

That which distinguishes the new thought from the old is not a denial of this Divine Reality, but an affirmation of its immediate availability. Votes: 0

Healing is the result of clear thinking. Votes: 0

There is One Infinite Mind, which of necessity includes all that is, whether it be the intelligence in man, the life in the animal, or the invisible Presence which is God. Votes: 0

What you are looking for is what you are looking with. Votes: 0

We are not depending on a reed shaken by the wind, but on the Priniciple of Life Itself, for all that we have or ever shall need. It is not some Power, or a great Power, it is all power. Votes: 0

There is but one ultimate Power. This Power is to each one what he is to it. Votes: 0