The use of the Will as the projector of Mentative Currents is the real base of all Mental Magic.

The mental pattern must always precede the material form.

Imagination is the first step in creation whether in words or trifles. The mental pattern must always precede the material form.

Success is not to be gained by a blind and slavish following of anyone's rules or advice, our own any more than any other person's. There is no royal road to success- no patent process by which the unsuccessful are to be magically transformed. . . . Rules and advice may greatly assist-and they undoubtedly do this-but the real work must be accomplished by the individual. He or she must carve out his or her own destiny.

Remember, the only thing to fear is Fear, and - well, don't even fear Fear, for he's a cowardly chap at the best, who will run if you show a brave front.

The lives of all of us have been moulded largely by induction through suggestion.

Thought is a force - a manifestation of energy - having a magnet-like power of attraction.