Highlights:
“Never forget: inventions, great musical compositions, poetry, fiction, and all other ideas for original accomplishment, come from the subconscious. Give it the thought or the material and keep it going with a deep rooted desire for performance and you will get results. There is an old saying that once we start weaving, the gods will furnish the skein, and how true that is… When you star to operate with the aid of this power the bricks automatically fall into place as though a magical hand had touched them. Results will certainly follow in a most astounding manner. Ideas for accomplishment will pop here and they will pop there… What may appear as coincidences are not coincidences at all but simply the working out of the pattern which you started with your own weaving.”
**pg. 38
“…There is a golden thread that runs through all the teachings and makes them work for those who sincerely accept and apply them, and that thread can be named in a single word—belief.”
**pg. 5
“It is impossible that an outsider should enter into a clear understanding of the mystical spiritual-nature world around him and it follows that the teachings and tenants of that spiritual-nature world must be more or less a closed book to such a one—a book, moreover, which he seldom cares or dares to try and open. For this reason the sages concealed much of their profound knowledge from the multitude because they rightly recognized the limitations of narrow minds and prejudiced opinions… What the fool cannot learn he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.”
**pg. 14
“Persistence gives confidence and continued right mental attitude followed by consistent action will bring success… When you have that knowing inside of you, fear has vanished and the obstruction to a continued life of good, removed.”
**pg. 17
“What you exhibit outwardly, you are inwardly. You are the product of your own thought. What you believe yourself to be, you are.”
**pg. 21
“We are molded also by the thoughts of others; by what we hear in our social life, what we read in newspapers, magazines, and books, what we hear in the movies, the theater, and on the radio; even by chance remarks from the conversation of bystanders—and these thoughts bombard us constantly.”
**pg. 23
“El Dorado… Where to find the gold of the All Powerful? One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself. When he finds himself, he finds freedom and all riches, achievement, and prosperity… Men who know themselves know at once that all material things and ideas have a spiritual counterpart or basis.”
**pg. 24
“Most people have a general desire to succeed, but beyond that, everything is indefinite. They merely go along from day to day, figuring that if they have a job today, they will have it tomorrow—and that somehow, they will be looked after in their old age. They are like corks floating aimlessly on the water, drawn this way and that by various currents, either washing up on shore or becoming water-logged and eventually sinking. Therefore, it is vital that you know exactly what you want out of life. You must know where you are headed, and keep a fixed goal in view.”
**pg. 25
“It was Job who said, ‘For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me.’ Our fearful thoughts are just as creative and magnetic in attracting troubles to us as are the constructive and positive thoughts in attracting welcome results.”
**pg. 27
“While thoughts do create and exercise control far beyond any limits yet known to man, I cling to the theory that they create only according to their pitch, intensity, emotional quality, depth of feeling, or vibratory plane. In other words, thoughts have a creative or controlling force in the exact ratio of their constancy, intensity, and power—comparable to the wave length and wattage of a broadcasting station.”
**pg. 28
“Hermes Trismegistus and the ancient Hermetic philosophers all taught the theory of vibration. Pythagoras, the great geometrician and philosopher who lived in the sixth century before Christ, held that everything that exists is a vibration…”
**pg. 29
“Sigmund Freud… brought forth the hypothesis that a powerful force within us, an unilluminated part of the mind—separate from the conscious mind—is constantly at work molding our thoughts, feelings, and actions… The ancients often referred to it as the ‘spirit.’ Paracelsus called it the will, others have called it the mind, creator of the ‘still, small voice within.’ Others have called this division of our mental existence the soul, and some metaphysical teachers claim that it is located in the solar plexus. Others call it the super-ego, the inner power, the super-consciousness, the unconscious, the subconscious, and various other names. Still others have asserted that it is a part of the Supreme Intelligence to which we are all linked. Hence the name Universal Mind…
No matter what we call it… it is recognized as the essence of life, and the limits of its power are unknown. It never sleeps. It comes to our support in times of great trouble, it warns us of impeding danger, it often aids us to do what seems impossible. It guides us in many ways and when properly employed, performs so-called miracles.”
**pg. 35
“No artist, man of science, or writer of any distinction, however little disposed to self-analysis, is not aware by personal experience of the unequalled importance of the subconscious…”
**pg. 39
“…Now and then, when the solution is not forthcoming, we become exhausted with continued trying. We begin to lose confidence in ourselves, and we often resign ourselves to the idea that we have failed and that nothing can be done about it. Here is where the subconscious mind comes in—to help renew our belief in ourselves, to assist us to overcome our difficulty, and to put us on the road to achievement and success…
… The subconscious mind is not only a mighty storehouse of ever-ready material that can be placed at the disposal of the conscious mind, but also a powerhouse of energy with which the individual can be charged, thus enabling him to recover his strength, courage, and faith in himself. Such is the power of your subconscious mind…
Emerson, though he wrote of ‘instinct,’ endowed it with so many superior attributes that he undoubtedly was thinking of the subconscious mind when he wrote, ‘All true wisdom of thought and of action comes of deference to this instinct, patience with its delays. To make practical use of this instinct in every part of life constitutes true wisdom, and we must form the habit of preferring in all cases it guidance, which is given as it is used.‘”
**pg. 43
“After studying the various mystical religions and different teachings and systems of mind-stuff, I’m impressed that they all have the same basic modus operandi. That is, they achieve success through repetition—the repeating of certain mantras, words, or formulas…
Repetition of the same chant, the same incantations, the same affirmations leads to belief, and once belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”
**pg. 47-48
“We have all heard the story of the man who didn’t know it couldn’t be done and went ahead and did it. Psychologists tell us that as babies we have only two fears: the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling. All other fears are passed on us or develop as a result of our experiences; they come from what we are taught or what we hear and see.”
**pg. 51
“William James, father of modern psychology in America, declared that often our faith in advance of a doubtful undertaking is the only thing that can assure its successful conclusion. Man’s faith, according to James, acts on the powers above him as a claim and creates its own verification. In other words, the thought becomes literally the father to the fact.”
**pg. 52
“Let’s consider charms, talismans, amulets, good-luck pieces, four-leaf clovers, old horseshoes, rabbit’s feet, and countless other trinkets which thousands of people believe in. By themselves, they are harmless inanimate objects with no power. But when people breathe life into them by their thinking, they do have power, even though the power isn’t in them per se. The power comes only with believing—which alone makes them effective.”
**pg. 56
“Napoleon was given a star sapphire when a child, with the prophecy that it would bring him luck and some day make him Emperor. Could anything but the supreme belief in the prophecy have carried this great man to become Emperor of France?”
**pg. 57
“It’s pretty well agreed that the subconscious mind works as a result of images thrown upon its screen, but if there is something wrong with your projection apparatus or the original slide, then the projected image is blurred, inverted, or a total blank. Doubts, fears, counterthoughts, all manage to blur the pictures you consciously desire to project.”
**pg. 62
“Shakespeare said, ‘Assume a virtue if you have it not.’ Let’s follow some of the implications of this great advice. In assuming a virtue, you are assuming it via your imagination. To become the person you would like to be, you must create a mental picture of your newly conceived self, and if you continue to hold it, the day will come when you are that person in reality. So it is with the accomplishment of desires.”
**pg. 80
“When you employ your imagination properly, you see yourself doing a thing, and then you go ahead and do it. Doing the thing you have pictured to yourself brings it into actual existence. In this connection, think about the use of a magnifying glass. When properly focused, it will gather and concentrate the light from the sun to burn a hole in the paper upon which the rays are focused. It must be held steady before the heat builds up. So it is with your images or mental pictures.”
**pg. 81
“However, it is very difficult for the average person to concentrate for any length of time, to say nothing of holding a mental picture for any great period. You will find that countless thoughts, ideas, fantasies will ebb and flow through your mind with astonishing rapidity. You are constantly being swayed by what you read, see, and hear, and as a result, the coordinating part of this creative force gathers all these scattered elements together in a confused mass, instead of making a clear and dynamic picture of your desire.”
**pg. 82