Top 169 Quotes & Sayings by Ernest Holmes
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Last updated on September 10, 2024.
We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.
I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson.
Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God.
When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.
In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to.
The intellect is a cold thing and a merely intellectual idea will never stimulate thought in the same manner that a spiritual idea does.
God gives some more than others because some accept more than others.
To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.
Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of the ages.
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.
The universal Mind contains all knowledge. It is the potential ultimate of all things. To it, all things are possible.
The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.
Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.
Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying.
The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God.
There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.
The abundance you desire to experience must first be an experience in your mind.
Practically the whole human race is hypnotized because it thinks what somebody else told it to think.
. . . everything in life responds to the song of the heart.
Trust in your own self more than in all else.
Every thought has a consequence. And every experience has a causative thought behind it.
All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.
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.
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
You can be on the cusp of something. Appreciate the cusp, not the something. Appreciate this moment now.
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.
Life is ever giving of Itself. We must receive, utilize and extend the gift. Success and prosperity are spiritual attributes belonging to all people.
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.
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.
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.
Prepare your mind to recieve the best that life has to offer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Heaven is within us, and we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
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.
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.
To the soul that knows its own divinity, all else must gravitate
We are all immersed in the atmosphere of our own thinking, which is the direct result of all we have ever said, thought or done. This decides what is to take place in our lives.
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.
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.
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.
God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form.
Fear brings failure; faith brings success. It's just that simple.
We already live in a Perfect Universe, but It needs to be seen mentally before It can become a part of our experience.
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.
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.
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.
Never limit your view of life by any past experience.
We are to look for God in each other and love this God, forgetting all else.
Where the mind goes energy flows.
The great spiritual geniuses, whether it was Moses, Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Jesus, or Emerson..... have taught man to look within himself to find God.
You are more than you appear to be - Life is greater than you have ever known it - The best is yet to come.
The thought of judgment, criticism and condemnation must, in time, operate against the one who sets it into motion.
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.
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.
You can attract only that which you mentally become and feel yourself to be in reality.
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