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“Human misery universally arises from some error that man admits as true. We confound our fears with the idea feared, and place the evil in the thing seen or believed. Here is a great error, for we never see what we are afraid of.”

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Phineas Quimby
Phineas Quimby

Phineas Quimby was an American philosopher and healer, recognized as one of the founders of the New Thought movement. Born on February 16, 1802, in Putney, Vermont, and passing away on January 16, 1866, in Maine, Quimby's work centered on the mind's power over the body. He is renowned for his contributions to the concept of mental healing. more

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