Christian Science explains all cause and effect as mental, not physical.

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind, and its infinite manifestation, for God is All in All. Spirit is immortal Truth; Matter is mortal error

Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need.

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.

To love and to be loved, one must do good to others. The inevitable condition whereby to become blessed, is to bless others.

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection.

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.

The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony.

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

We should master fear, instead of cultivating it.

When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts.

Changing yourself changes everything.

He focused on the world before him

Want more credit for all you do and who you are? Be the one who gives credit to others.

I’d thought there’d be no winter in the desert, but winter arrived anyway—silently, suddenly.

When I was very young I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action.

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.

I choose to surround myself with happy human beings. I went through the angsty period. I think every single person does. I think it's a rite of passage to hate the world and feel like the victim.