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 ti…

- Phineas Quimby

It may seem strange to those in health that our beliefs affect us. The fact is, there is nothing of us but belief. It is the whole capital and stock …

- Phineas Quimby

The silkworm spins out his life, and, wrapping himself in his labor, dies.

- Phineas Quimby

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 …

- Phineas Quimby

The mind is matter in solution and matter is mind in form.

- Phineas Quimby

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…

- Phineas Quimby

Science is wisdom reduced to practice.

- Phineas Quimby

Now, I stand alone on this rock, fighting the errors of this world, and establish the science of life by my works. What is my mode of warfare? With t…

- Phineas Quimby

Every one is made of matter, and matter is continually going through a chemical change. This change is life, not wisdom, but life, like vegetable or …

- Phineas Quimby