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“Man is made of opinions,—of truth and error; and his life is a warfare like all other lives before him.... Man goes on developing error upon error till he is buried in his own belief.... It is the office of wisdom to explain the phenomena in man called disease, to show how it is made, and how it can be unmade. This is as much a science as it is to know how to decompose a piece of metal.”

Quote by Phineas Quimby

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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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