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Ernest Holmes was a renowned writer, born on January 21, 1887, and passed away on April 7, 1960. His works covered a range of fields including philosophy, religion, and self-help, which were well-received by readers.

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Famous Ernest Holmes Quotes

“There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it.”

Use Universe

Author:Ernest Holmes

“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”

Knows Way Support Knowing Greater Imagine Nurture Support Me

Author:Ernest Holmes

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

Life Is Joy Limits Fullness

Author:Ernest Holmes

“Never limit your view of life by any past experience.”

Life Past Happiness Spiritual Views Limits Past Experiences Science Of Mind

Book:The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

“Electricity was a reality in the universe when Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. This is true of all natural laws; they have always existed but only when understood may they be used.”

May Children Reality Law Used Universe Natural Land Understood Israel Electricity Egypt Moses Natural Law

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

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

Inspirational Helping Born Creator

Book:Ideas of Power

Source: Ideas of Power

“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.”

Ifs Moments Choices Individual Graduation Our Choices Every Second

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

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

Thinking Needs Universe Perfect Positive Thinking

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

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

Thinking Joy Positive Thinking Mines Expression Boundless

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

“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.”

Thinking Knows States Moments Next Change Results Uncertainty Expectancy

Book:How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

Source: How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

“I am a gift of joy that God gives to a wonderful world.”

World Giving Joy Wonderful Affirmation Wonderful World

Author:Ernest Holmes

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

Thinking Ideas Creativity New Ideas

Book:365 Days of Richer Living: Daily Inspirations

Source: 365 Days of Richer Living: Daily Inspirations

“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.”

Men Soul Term Freedom Plans Divine Seeking Inherent Birthright Nature Of Man

Author:Ernest Holmes

“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.”

Persons Truth Spirit Spirituality Natural Beauty Goodness Atmosphere God's Presence Truth And Beauty

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

“Change your thinking, change your life.”

Thinking Life Affirmation Changing Your Life Stay Positive Power Of Positive Thinking Changing Your Mind Science Of Mind

Book:How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

Source: How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

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

Feels Reality Law Of Attraction

Book:Creative Mind and Success

Source: Creative Mind and Success

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

Spirit Principles Active

Book:The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

“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.”

Truth Host Dominion

Author:Ernest Holmes

“It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he would have himself appear to be. From the Universe, nothing is or an be hidden.”

Men Universe Impossible Gestures

Book:The Hidden Power of the Bible

Source: The Hidden Power of the Bible

“It is done to you as you believe.”

Believe Done Law Of Attraction

Author:Ernest Holmes

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

People Life Inspirational Giving Spiritual Life Is Spirit Prosperity Belonging Attributes

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

“We may stumble, but always there is that eternal voice, forever whispering within our ear, that thing which causes the eternal quest, that thing which forever sings and sings.”

May Causes Voice Sin Forever Eternal Ears Quests Whispering Eternal Love

Book:The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

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

Humans Heaven Existence Consciousness Grace Gratitude Unity Chiefs Human Existence

Book:The Hidden Power of the Bible

Source: The Hidden Power of the Bible

“. . . 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.”

Thinking Men Healing Destiny

Book:Creative Mind and Success

Source: Creative Mind and Success

“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.”

Teach Practice Teaching Ought

Author:Ernest Holmes

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

Mind Joy Causes Negative Love Life Dwelling Negative Thoughts Niece Peace And Joy

Book:365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Source: 365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

“What you are looking for is what you are looking with.”

Spiritual

Author:Ernest Holmes

“That which distinguishes the new thought from the old is not a denial of this Divine Reality, but an affirmation of its immediate availability.”

Reality Spiritual Divine Denial Affirmation New Thought Availability

Author:Ernest Holmes

“Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature is goodness, truth, wisdom and beauty, as well as energy and imagination. Our highest satisfaction comes from a sense of conscious union with this invisible Life. All human endeavor is an attempt to get back to first principles, to find such an inward wholeness that all sense of fear, doubt and uncertainty vanishes.”

Source: The Art of Life

“If the philosophy of Christianity were lived, wars would cease, unhappiness would cease, economic problems would be solved, poverty would be wiped from the face of the earth, and man's inhumanity to man would be transmuted into a spirit of mutual helpfulness.”

Source: Living the Science of Mind: The Only Writings by the Founder of SCIENCE OF MIND to Help You Understand His Classic Textbook

“Healing is the discovery of the Divinity within.”

Healing Discovery Divinity

Author:Ernest Holmes

“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.”

Giving Universe Causes Attention Consciousness Integrity Goodness Mercy Absolutes Finals Absence Our Time Our Thoughts

Author:Ernest Holmes

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

Moments Appreciate Cusp

Author:Ernest Holmes

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

Giving God Accepting Apology Nonconformity

Book:Living Without Fear

Source: Living Without Fear

“All emerge from that One Whose Being is ever present and Whose Life, robed in numberless forms, is manifest throughout all creation. Creation is the logical result of the out-push of Life into self-expression.”

Self Form Results Creation Expression Logical Manifest Self Expression

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

“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.”

Done Life Is Song Forever Alive Eternal Eternity Finished Endless Awake Within You Pathways Static

Author:Ernest Holmes

“The greatest good that can come to anyone is forming within them an absolute certainty of themselves, and of their relationship to the Universe, forever removing the sense of heaven as being outside of them.”

Universe Heaven Forever Absolutes Certainty Absolute Certainty

Author:Ernest Holmes

“Create or perish is the eternal mandate of nature. Be constructive or become frustrated is an equal demand. You cannot escape the conclusion that whatever this thing is which is seeking expression through everything, it can find satisfactory outlet only through constructive and life-giving creativeness.”

Giving Creativity Creative Expression Demand Equal Eternal Seeking Conclusion Frustrated Outlets Constructive Mandates Creativeness

Book:This Thing Called You

Source: This Thing Called You

“We are not depending on a reed shaken by the wind, but on the Priniciple of Life Itself, for all that we have or ever shall need. It is not some Power, or a great Power, it is all power.”

Life Needs Power Wind Great Power Reeds

Author:Ernest Holmes

“All limitations are self-imposed.”

Inspirational Self Limitation

Author:Ernest Holmes

“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.”

Knows Inspirational Enough Law Given Realizing Air Gods Will Abundance Sunshine Good Enough

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

“. . . everything in life responds to the song of the heart.”

Heart Song Focus Aspiration

Book:365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Source: 365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

“Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy.”

Wells Happiness Joy Happy Happy Birthday

Author:Ernest Holmes

“You are to have implicit confidence in your own ability, knowing that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself in your health and affairs, knowing that you are the thinker.”

Ability Knowing Health Affair Thinker Implicit

Book:How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

Source: How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

“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.”

Mind Made Mistake Forgiveness Forgiving Starting Over

Book:365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Source: 365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

“The Science of Mind is intensely practical because it teaches us how to use the Mind Principle for definite purposes, such as helping those who are sick, impoverished, or unhappy.”

Mind Helping Use Purpose Principles Teach Sick Practicals Unhappy Love Life Definite Science Of Mind

Book:Living the Science of Mind: The Only Writings by the Founder of SCIENCE OF MIND to Help You Understand His Classic Textbook

Source: Living the Science of Mind: The Only Writings by the Founder of SCIENCE OF MIND to Help You Understand His Classic Textbook

“The mind of man is continuously unfolding into a greater recognition of its real plan in the creative order of the Universe.”

Men Mind Real Order Universe Creativity Creative Greater Plans Recognition Love Life Unfolding Keeping It Real

Book:The Science of Mind Collection

Source: The Science of Mind Collection

“Mind exists as a Principle in the universe, just as electricity exists as a principle.”

Mind Universe Principles Love Life Electricity

Book:Living the Science of Mind: The Only Writings by the Founder of SCIENCE OF MIND to Help You Understand His Classic Textbook

Source: Living the Science of Mind: The Only Writings by the Founder of SCIENCE OF MIND to Help You Understand His Classic Textbook

“There is One Infinite Mind which of necessity includes all that is, whether it be the intelligence in man, the life in the animal, or the invisible Presence which is God.”

Men Mind God Animal Infinite Invisible God Love Love Life

Author:Ernest Holmes

“Any one can heal who believes that he can, and who will take the time to put that belief in motion through the Law.”

Believe Belief Heal

Author:Ernest Holmes

About the Author

Born: January 21, 1887
Died: April 7, 1960
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 176

Books & Sources

The Science of Mind CollectionRelated source material

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How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes LibraryRelated source material

365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Ernest HolmesRelated source material

Living the Science of Mind: The Only Writings by the Founder of SCIENCE OF MIND to Help You Understand His Classic TextbookRelated source material

The Science of MindRelated source material

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