Quote Collection
Thought Vibration · Annotated Edition
Sentences to Remember
90 Key Quotes
Essential passages from the 1906 original text on the Law of Attraction. Read them aloud, copy them by hand, and let the ideas take root.
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We are all fellow students—that's all.
Foreword
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Life accepts no substitutes—you must step out yourself.
Foreword
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Stop being moons. Get into action and convert yourself into a living sun.
Foreword
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No one has a monopoly of knowing—corner on the Truth. It is yours as much as anybody's.
Foreword
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The sense of humor is God's best gift to Man.
Foreword
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I believe that thoughts are things.
My Working Creed
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I believe in the I DO, as well as the I AM.
My Working Creed
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I believe that Evil is but Ignorance.
My Working Creed
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I believe that to know all is to forgive all.
My Working Creed
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I believe that there is good in every man; let us help him to manifest it.
My Working Creed
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The Universe is governed by Law—one great Law.
Chapter I · Attraction
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When we come to see that Thought is a force—a manifestation of energy—having a magnet-like power of attraction, we will begin to understand the why and wherefore of many things that have heretofore seemed dark to us.
Chapter I · Attraction
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Like attracts like in the Thought World—as ye sow so shall ye reap.
Chapter I · Attraction
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Thoughts of Love will attract to us the Love of others.
Chapter I · Attraction
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One is not at the mercy of the fitful storms of Thought after he has learned the workings of the Law.
Chapter I · Attraction
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Like a stone thrown into the water, thought produces ripples and waves which spread out over the great ocean of thought.
Chapter II · Thought Waves
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We are largely what we have thought ourselves into being.
Chapter II · Thought Waves
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A positive thought is infinitely more powerful than a negative one.
Chapter II · Thought Waves
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We generally see that for which we seek.
Chapter II · Thought Waves
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It is not only a good thing to be a good teacher, but it is also very important to be a good listener at times.
Chapter II · Thought Waves
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Man has but one mind, but he has many mental faculties, each faculty being capable of functioning along two different lines of mental effort.
Chapter III · The Mind
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The Active function creates, changes or destroys. The Passive obeys orders and suggestions.
Chapter III · The Mind
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The Will is strong enough; it does not need strengthening, but the mind needs to be trained to receive and act upon the suggestions of the Will.
Chapter III · The Mind
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The man who understands the Law can accomplish wonders by means of the development of the powers of the mind.
Chapter III · The Mind
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He has banished Fear, and enjoys Freedom. He has found himself. He has learned THE SECRET OF THE I AM.
Chapter III · The Mind
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Man can build up his mind and make it what he wills.
Chapter IV · Mind Building
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The 'I' is the sovereign of the mind, and what we call WILL is the instrument of the 'I.'
Chapter IV · Mind Building
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All things are good when we learn to master them, but no thing is good when it masters us.
Chapter IV · Mind Building
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I Am Asserting the Mastery of My Real Self.
Chapter IV · Mind Building
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The first battle is the conquest of the lesser self by the Real Self.
Chapter IV · Mind Building
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This secret of the Will is the magic key which opens all doors.
Chapter V · The Will
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Will makes men giants.
Chapter V · The Will
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Strong Will follows strong Desire.
Chapter V · The Will
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Your Will does not need training—but your Mind does.
Chapter V · The Will
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I Am Using My Will Power.
Chapter V · The Will
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The first thing to do is to begin to 'cut out' Fear and Worry.
Chapter VI · Immunity
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The best way to overcome the habit of Fear is to assume the mental attitude of Courage, just as the best way to get rid of darkness is to let in the light.
Chapter VI · Immunity
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Think Courage, say Courage, act Courage.
Chapter VI · Immunity
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The confident, fearless, expectant, 'I Can and I Will' man is a mighty magnet.
Chapter VI · Immunity
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Remember, the only thing to fear is Fear, and—well, don't even fear Fear, for he's a cowardly chap at the best, who will run if you show a brave front.
Chapter VI · Immunity
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Worry is the child of Fear—if you kill out Fear, Worry will die for want of nourishment.
Chapter VII · Transmutation
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Desire and Interest are the causes that result in success. Worry is not Desire.
Chapter VII · Transmutation
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The key to attainment is Desire, Confidence, and Will. This key will open many doors.
Chapter VII · Transmutation
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The mind can think of but one thing at a time, and if you concentrate upon a bright thing, the other thing will fade away.
Chapter VII · Transmutation
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Bright, cheerful and happy thoughts attract bright, cheerful and happy things to us—worry drives them away.
Chapter VII · Transmutation
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Your thoughts are either faithful servants or tyrannical masters—just as you allow them to be.
Chapter VIII · Mental Control
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Your mind is given you for your good and for your own use—not to use you.
Chapter VIII · Mental Control
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The key to the mystery is Concentration.
Chapter VIII · Mental Control
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It pays to be able to be a competent mental engineer.
Chapter VIII · Mental Control
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There is only room for one thing at a time in the focus of attention; so put all your attention upon one thought, and the others will sneak off.
Chapter VIII · Mental Control
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We must let Life flow through us, and allow it to express itself naturally.
Chapter IX · Life-Force
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Assert the Life Force within you, and manifest it in every thought, act and deed.
Chapter IX · Life-Force
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No man or woman ever amounted to anything unless he or she put life into the tasks of everyday life.
Chapter IX · Life-Force
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I Am Alive.
Chapter IX · Life-Force
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Don't rest content with merely saying that you are alive, but prove it with your acts.
Chapter IX · Life-Force
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The great thing in all education is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
Chapter X · Habit-Mind
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Never suffer an exception to occur until the new habit is securely rooted in your life.
Chapter X · Habit-Mind
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If you are confronted with the question: 'Which of these two would like to become a habit with me.'
Chapter X · Habit-Mind
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The moment you yield 'just this once,' you introduce the thin edge of the wedge that will, in the end, split your resolution into pieces.
Chapter X · Habit-Mind
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The mind has been likened to a piece of paper that has been creased.
Chapter X · Habit-Mind
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It is an axiom of psychology that 'Emotions deepen by repetition.'
Chapter XI · Emotion
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If an undesirable emotion shows itself inclined to take up a it, or at least to master it.
Chapter XI · Emotion
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Each time you give way to one of these negative emotions, the ones.
Chapter XI · Emotion
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Refuse to express a passion, and it dies.
Chapter XI · Emotion
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If we wish to conquer emotional tendencies in ourselves, we must to cultivate.
Chapter XI · Emotion
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People may make themselves over, and change their entire natures.
Chapter XII · Brain-Cells
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Mental attitudes may be acquired and cultivated, changed and discarded, at will.
Chapter XII · Brain-Cells
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One positive thought will counteract a number of negative thoughts.
Chapter XII · Brain-Cells
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Thoughts take form in action; and in turn actions influence thought.
Chapter XII · Brain-Cells
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Don't be discouraged at the resistance you will encounter at first, but sing gaily: 'I Can and I Will.'
Chapter XII · Brain-Cells
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In order to attain a thing it is necessary that the mind should fall in love with it, and be conscious of its existence, almost to the exclusion of everything else.
Chapter XIII · Desire Force
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Mental Force operates best when it is concentrated.
Chapter XIII · Desire Force
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The mind works on the subconscious plane, remember, and almost always along the lines of the ruling passion or desire.
Chapter XIII · Desire Force
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Keep your Desire fresh and active, and let it get in its work without interference from conflicting desires.
Chapter XIII · Desire Force
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The more Desire you have for a thing, the more you Love it; and the more you Love it, the greater will be the attractive force exerted toward its attainment.
Chapter XIII · Desire Force
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The great difference between men, the feeble and the powerful, the determination—a purpose once fixed and then Death or Victory.
Chapter XIV · Great Dynamic Forces
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Everyone has within him a giant will, but the majority of us are too lazy to use it.
Chapter XIV · Great Dynamic Forces
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Energy and Invincible Determination—let that be your motto in able to 'do things.'
Chapter XIV · Great Dynamic Forces
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Don't undervalue yourself, or overvalue others. Realize that you good things.
Chapter XIV · Great Dynamic Forces
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Stop fooling, and get down to business. Stop wasting good raw material, and start to work making something worth while.
Chapter XIV · Great Dynamic Forces
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Nothing is too good for you—no matter how great the thing may be—no matter how undeserving you may seem to be.
Chapter XV · Claiming Your Own
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You are entitled to the best there is, for it is your direct inheritance.
Chapter XV · Claiming Your Own
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You are a manifestation of the Whole Thing, and have a perfect right to all there is.
Chapter XV · Claiming Your Own
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The truly strong man is calm, self-contained, and carries with him a consciousness of strength.
Chapter XV · Claiming Your Own
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This is the difference between the Master of Circumstances and the Slave of Circumstances.
Chapter XV · Claiming Your Own
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There is no such thing as chance. Law maintains everywhere, and all that happens happens because of the operation of Law.
Chapter XVI · Law, Not Chance
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Like attracts like, and opposites repel opposites, in the world of thought.
Chapter XVI · Law, Not Chance
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A state of discouragement is not the one in which bright ideas come to us. It is only when we are enthused and hopeful that our minds work out the bright ideas.
Chapter XVI · Law, Not Chance
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Set your mind to the keynote of Courage, Confidence and Success.
Chapter XVI · Law, Not Chance
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Fall in with the operations of the Law. Make it a part of yourself. Get into its currents.
Chapter XVI · Law, Not Chance
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