Quotes from Florence Scovel Shinn

All suffering comes from the violation of intuition

There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do.

The inharmonious situation comes from some inharmony within man himself. When there is, in him, no emotional response to an inharmonious situation, it fades away forever, from his pathway.

Isaiah said, "My word shall not return unto me void, but shall accomplish that where it is sent." We know now, that words and thoughts are a tremendous vibratory force, ever moulding man's body and affairs.

There is always plenty on man's pathway; but it can only be brought into manifestation through desire, faith or the spoken word. Jesus Christ brought out clearly that man must make the first move.

When man can "wish without worrying," every desire will be instantly fulfilled.

Jesus Christ said: "Why are ye fearful, oh ye of little faith?" (Mat. 8:26.)

inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.

I now exercise my fearless faith in three ways—by thinking, speaking and acting. I am unmoved by appearances, therefore appearances move.

Every thought, every word is impressed upon it and carried out in amazing detail. It is like a singer making a record on the sensitive disc of the phonographic plate.

So let us break all the old bad records in the subconscious mind, the records of our lives which we do not wish to keep, and make new and beautiful ones.

The superconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas. In it, is the " perfect pattern" spoken of by Plato, The Divine Design; for there is a Divine Design for each person. " There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do.

I now stand aside and watch God work. It interests me to see how quickly and easily He brings the desires of my heart to pass.

God's promises are built upon a rock. As I have asked I must receive.

She replied: "I have been living with a woman who lied worse than I did!" One is often cured of his faults by seeing them in others. Life is a mirror, and we find only ourselves reflected in our associates. Living in the past is a failure method and a violation of spiritual law.

However, the one who knows spiritual law, is undisturbed by appearance, and rejoices while he is "yet in captivity.

She denied loss, taking the affirmation: "I deny loss, there is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore I cannot lose that pencil. I will receive it or its equivalent.

people are happy, they usually become selfish, and automatically the law of Karma is set in action. Man often suffers loss through lack of appreciation.

We can learn to control our thoughts in the same way, by gentle determination, not force. We take an affirmation and repeat it continually, while our thoughts are on the rampage. We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to.

Someone has said that courage contains genius and magic. Face a situation fearlessly, and there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

You scatter your forces by talking about your affairs. Don't discuss your business with your family. Silence is golden!

Perhaps one's fear is of disease or germs. Then one should be fearless and undisturbed in a germ-laden situation, and he would be immune. One can only contract germs while vibrating at the same rate as the germ, and fear drags men down to the level of the germ. Of

Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires already on his pathway. This supply is released through faith and the Spoken Word. "If thou canst believe, all things are possible.