"Disease is the misery of our belief, happiness……" — Phineas Quimby
"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, as our misery comes from our belief, and not from the thing believed, it is necessary to be on the watch, so as not to be deceived by false guides. Sensation contains no intelligence or belief, but is a mere disturbance of the matter, called agitation, which produces mind, and is ready to receive the seed of error. Ever since man was created, there has been an element called error which has been busy inventing answers for every sensation."
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11 Quotes by Phineas Quimby
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Human misery universally arises from some error that man admits as true. We confound our fears with the idea feared,…
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Now, I stand alone on this rock, fighting the errors of this world, and establish the science of life by…
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Every one is made of matter, and matter is continually going through a chemical change. This change is life, not…
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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....…
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It may seem strange to those in health that our beliefs affect us. The fact is, there is nothing of…
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The silkworm spins out his life, and, wrapping himself in his labor, dies.
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The doctors take the bodily evidence as the disease. . . . disease is itself an impudent opinion. He throws…
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MY THEORY: the trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell…
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The mind is matter in solution and matter is mind in form.
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Science is wisdom reduced to practice.
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To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The…
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It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
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I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social…
— John Dewey
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Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and…
— Dalai Lama
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Hatred, jealousy and excessive attachment cause suffering and agitation. I feel compassion can help us overcome these disturbances and let…
— Dalai Lama
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There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this…
— Edward Hoagland
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To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a…
— Judith Orloff
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I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between…
— Thomas Jefferson
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America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment;…
— Calvin Coolidge
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It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens…
— Benjamin Tucker
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Self-criticism is not "love," and it is certainly not indifferent. It's a form of hatred. And when I name that,…
— Danielle LaPorte
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