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… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: the time will come when the opinions of priests and doctors must give way to the science of life; for… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
MY THEORY: the trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell in . . . If your mind has been deceived by some invisible enemy into a belief, you have put it into the form of a disease, with or without your knowledge. By my theory or truth I come in… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share
It may seem strange to those in health that our beliefs affect us. The fact is, there is nothing of us but belief. It… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
The doctors take the bodily evidence as the disease. . . . disease is itself an impudent opinion. He throws off the feelings of the sick and imparts to them his own which are perfect health, and his explanation destroys their feelings or disease. . . . He is like a captain who knows his business and feels confident in… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share
Now, I stand alone on this rock, fighting the errors of this world, and establish the science of life by my works. What is… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
The silkworm spins out his life, and, wrapping himself in his labor, dies. — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
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… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
Human misery universally arises from some error that man admits as true. We confound our fears with the idea feared, and place the evil… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
Disease is the misery of our belief, happiness is the health of our wisdom, so that man's happiness or misery depends on himself. Now,… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
Every one is made of matter, and matter is continually going through a chemical change. This change is life, not wisdom, but life, like… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
