Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Florence Scovel Shinn

American Artist, Book Illustrator, New Thought Spiritual Teacher and Metaphysical Writer

"Man comes into the world financed by God, with all that he desires or requires already on his pathway. This supply is released through faith and the Spoken Word. "If thou canst believe, all things are possible.""

"Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight."

"Man receives only that which he gives. The Game of Life is a game of boomerangs. Man's thoughts, deeds and words, return to him sooner or later, with astounding accuracy. This is the law of Karma, which is Sanskrit for "Comeback." "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.""

"Man sees first his failure or success, his joy or sorrow, before it swings into visibility from the scenes set in his own imagination."

"Man's will is powerless to interfere with God's will. God's will is now done in my mind, body and affairs."

"Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game."

"My "World of the Wondrous" now swings into manifestation and I enter my Promised Land under grace!"

"My angel of destiny goes before me, keeping me in the Way."

"My ditches will be filled at the right time, bringing all that I have asked for, and more!"

"My God is a God of plenty and I now receive all that I desire or require, and more."

"My endless good now comes to me in endless ways."

"My happiness is built upon a rock. It is mine now and for all eternity."

"My faith is built upon a rock and my hearts's desire now comes to pass, under grace in a miraculous way."

"My good is a perfect and permanent idea in Divine Mind, and must manifest for there is nothing to prevent."

"My good now flows to me in a steady, unbroken, ever-increasing stream of success, happiness and abundance."

"My good now overtakes me in a surprising way."

"My hearts desire is a perfect idea in Divine Mine, incorruptible and indestructible, and now comes to pass, under grace in a magical way."

"My happiness is God's affair, therefore, no one can interfere."

"My seeming impossible good now comes to pass, the unexpected now happens!"

"My poise is built upon a rock, I see clearly and act quickly."

"My mind, body and affairs are now molded according to the Divine Pattern within."

"My ships come in over a calm sea, under grace in perfect ways."

"My Spiritual Sporting blood is up! I am more than equal to this situation."

"My supply is endless, inexhaustible and immediate and comes to me under grace in perfect ways."

"Never hinder another's hunch."

"Never look or you'd never leap."

"Never do today what intuition says to do tomorrow."

"New fields of Divine Activity now open for me. Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free."

"Never argue with a hunch."

"Now is the appointed time. Today is the day of my amazing good fortune."

"Nothing is too good to be true, nothing is too wonderful to happen, nothing is too good to last; when you look to the Infinite Spirit for your good."

"No man can attract money if he despises it. Many people are kept in poverty by saying: "Money means nothing to me, and I have a contempt for people who have it." This is the reason so many artists are poor. Their contempt for money separates them from it."

"Nothing on earth can resist an absolutely nonresistant person. The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock, and sweep all before it."

"Nothing stands between man and his highest ideals and every desire of his heart, but doubt and fear. When man can "wish without worrying," every desire will be instantly fulfilled."

"One's ships come in over a calm sea."

"Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract."

"Power moves but is never moved."

"Reveal to me the way, let me see clearly the blessing which Thou hast given me."

"Regard your neighbor as yourself."

"Rhythm, harmony and balance are now established in my mind, body and affairs."

"Selfishness binds and blocks. Every loving and unselfish thought has in it the germ of success."

"Sorrow and disappointment follow in the wake of deceit and subterfuge. The way of the transgressor is hard. "No good thing will be withheld from him who walks uprightly."

"The Columbus in you will see you through."

"Since I am one with the Only Presence, I am one with my heart’s desire."

"The divine Design of my life now comes to pass. I now fill the place that I can fill and no one else can fill. I now do the things which I can do and no one else can do."

"Sure-ism is stronger than optimism."

"The "four winds of success" now blow to me my own. From North, South, East and West comes my endless good."

"The Divine Plan of my life cannot be tampered with. It is incorruptible and indestructible. It awaits only my recognition."

"The Divine Plan of my life now takes shape in definite, concrete experiences leading to my heart's desire."

"The decks are now cleared for Divine Action and my own comes to me under grace in a magical way."