If you have any lack, if you are prey to poverty or disease, it is because you do not believe or do not understand the power that is yours. It is not a question of the universal giving to you. It offers everything to everyone - there is no partiality.

The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.

First the stalk — then the roots. First the need — then the means to satisfy that need . First the nucleus — then the elements needed for its growth. The seed is a primary cause. The need, the nucleus, both are primary causes. Conditions — they are secondary. Given enough life in the nucleus, it will draw to itself the necessary means for growth regardless of conditions.

Your real self - the I am I - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.