Ernest Holmes Quotes

Life externalizes at the level of our thought.

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

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.

We are thinking, willing, knowing, conscious centers of Life. We are surrounded by, immersed in, and there is flowing through us, a creative Something ... call It what you will.

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.

It is done to you as you believe.

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

Life is greater than you have ever known it.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

. . . 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.