Ernest Holmes Quotations

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

God gives some more than others because some accept more than others.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Reading Emerson is like drinking water to me.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

. . . 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.

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

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

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.

Never limit your view of life by any past experience.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Trust in your own self more than in all else.

A consciousness of God releases the greatest power of all.

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

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

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.

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

..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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Life externalizes at the level of our thought.

Believe as though you are, and you will be...

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

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

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.'

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.

Nothing is too good to be true.

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...

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.

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

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

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