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The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work

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The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work Quotes

“The desire for riches is simply the capacity for a larger life seeking fulfillment; every desire is the effort of an unexpressed possibility come into action.”

“Gratitude will lead your mind out along the ways by which things come, and it will keep you in close harmony with creative thought and prevent you from falling into competitive thought.”

“First, you believe that there is one intelligent substance, from which all things proceed. Second, you believe that this substance gives you everything you desire. And third, you relate yourself to it by a feeling of deep and profound gratitude.”

“Be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form.”

“The 'advancing man' in medicine, who holds to a clear mental image of himself as successful, and who obeys the laws of faith, purpose, and gratitude, will cure every curable case he undertakes.”

“Gratitude unifies the mind of man with the intelligence of substance, so that man's thoughts are received by the formless.”

“... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”

“The riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.”

“But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.”

“Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.”

“Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.”

“The answer to your prayer is not according to your faith while you are talking, but according to your faith while you are working.”

“Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.”

“Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he must rise above all moral temptations; he must forsake every course of action that is not in accord with his highest ideals.”

“You can have nothing to fear.”

“The only service that you can render God is to give expression to what he is trying to give to the world, through you. The only service you can render God is to make the very most of yourself in order that God may live in you to the utmost of your possibilities.”

“You must learn to see the world as being produced by evolution; as a something which is evolving and becoming, not as a finished work.”

“This must be your point of view: that the world and all it contains is perfect, though not completed.”

“I surrender myself to conscious unity with the highest.”

“There is no hurry. There is only God, and all is well with the world.”

“You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read.”

“Do not try to convert others to your point of view, except by holding it and living accordingly.”

“There are no evil people; there are perfectly good people who are of the track, but they do not need condemnation or punishment; they only need to get upon the rails again.”

“The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.”

“To fix your attention on the best is to surround yourself with the best, and to become the best.”

“There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world”

“The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining”

“Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction”

“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it”

“You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now.”

“It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the right way.”

“A person can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.”

“The scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental image of what you want; in holding fast to the purpose to get what you want; and in realizing with grateful faith that you do get what you want.”

“WISDOM IS dependent upon knowledge. Where there is complete ignorance there can be no wisdom, no knowledge of the right thing to do. Man’s knowledge is comparatively limited and so his wisdom must be small, unless he can connect his mind with a knowledge greater than his own and draw from it, by inspiration, the wisdom that his own limitations deny him. Only God knows all truth; therefore only God can have Real wisdom or know the right thing to do at all times, and man can receive wisdom from God. Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.”

“Do all the work you can do, every day, and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner; put the power of success, and the purpose to get rich, into everything that you do.”

“The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.”

“No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.”

“The Creative Power within us makes us into the image of that to which we give our attention.”

“It is really not the number of things you do , but the efficiency of each separate action that counts.”

“There is no lack of opportunity.”

“Never admit the possibility of failure, or speak in a way that infers failure as a possibility.”

“No matter whether you are a physician, a teacher, or a clergyman, if you can give increase of life to others and make them sensible of that fact, they will be attracted to you, and you will get rich.”

“It is not your part to guide or supervise the creative process. All you have to do with that is retain your vision, stick to your purpose, and maintain your faith and gratitude.”

“Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.”

“That which makes you want more money is the same as that which makes the plant grow; it is life seeking fuller expression.”

“Get rid of the idea that God wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you can secure his favor by doing so; God requires nothing of the kind from you. What He wants is that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.”

“You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want. You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.”

“When others are having hard times and poor business, you will find your greatest opportunities.”

“THOUGHT is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the Formless Substance.”

“If it is a new thought to you that gratitude brings your whole mind into closer harmony with the creative energies of the universe, consider it well, and you will see that it is true.”