Joseph Murphy Quotes

“Be still and quiet, tune in with the Infinite Intelligence, and continue in right thought, right feeling, and right action, and you will arrive at your goal.”

“God is the source of my supply. His riches flow to me freely, copiously, and abundantly. All my financial and other needs are met at every moment of time and point of space; there is always a divine surplus.”

“I figure if some people read something forty-two times, they may finally get it.”

“The best people are not the happiest, but the happiest people are always the best at the art of living successfully.”

“The first thing to remember is the dual nature of your mind. The subconscious mind is constantly amenable to the power of suggestion; furthermore the subconscious mind has complete control of the functions, conditions, and sensations of your body.

Trust the subconscious mind to heal you. It made your body, and it knows all of its processes and functions. It knows much more than your conscious mind about healing and restoring you to perfect balance.”

“Transfer the idea of health to your subconscious mind to the point of faith, then relax. Tell the situation and circumstance that this too will pass and it will end.

By relaxing you stimulate your subconscious mind and enable the kinetic energy behind the thought to take over and make its realization tangible.”

“Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered.”

“Age is not the flight of years; it is really the dawn of wisdom and Divine knowledge in you.”

“Any method or process that alleviates human misery, pain, and distress is good. Many churches practice the laying on of hands; others make novenas and visit shrines; all are benefitted according to their mental acceptance or belief.”

“Commit yourself wholeheartedly to it. Praise it; give your attention, love, and devotion to your ideal; and as you continue to do so, all the fearful thoughts will make obeisance to your exalted state of mind – that is, they will lose their power and disappear from the mind.”

“Decree now, and say it meaningly: From this moment forward, I will admit to my mind for mental consumption only those ideas and thoughts that heal, bless, inspire, and strengthen.”

“Desire and feeling joined together in a mental marriage will become the answered prayer.”

“Do you imagine evil of others? If you do, notice the emotion generated in your deeper self; it is negative and destructive to your health and prosperity.”

“Fear and worry cause confusion in the conscious mind. This creates confusion in the subconscious mind and nothing happens but confusion in man’s affairs.

Continue to trust in the Divine Power and that which you desire will come to you in some manner. Have faith in God, in the Divine Power, in His Divine Love and His Overshadowing Presence always watching over you and you will become invincible.”

“Fear is truly a lack of faith in Divine supply.”

“Feeling is the fountain-head of power. We must charge our mental pictures with feeling in order to get results.”

“Genius is a man who is in rapport with his subconscious mind. He is able to tap this universal reservoir and receive answers to his problems; thus, he does not have to work by the sweat of his brow.

In the genius type of mind, the imaginative faculty is developed to a very high degree. All great poets and writers are gifted with a highly developed and cultivated imaginative faculty.”

“Give all your mental attention to recognizing the absolute sovereignty of the Spiritual Power, knowing that the God-Power has the answer and is now showing you the way.

Trust It, believe in It, and walk the earth in the Light. Your prayer is already answered.”

“He calleth things that be not as though they were, and the unseen becomes seen.”

“If you imagine, for example, that another person is mean, dishonest, and jealous, notice the emotion you evoke within yourself. Now reverse the situation.

Begin to imagine the same person as honest, sincere, loving, and kind; notice the reaction it calls forth in you. Are you not, therefore, master of your attitudes?”

“Imagination is the mighty instrument used by great scientists, artists, physicists, inventors, architects, and mystics. When the world said, 'It is impossible; it can't be done', the man with imagination said, 'It is done!'

Through your imagination, you can also penetrate the depths of reality and reveal the secrets of nature.”

“Imagination when disciplined, spiritualized, controlled, and directed becomes the most exalted and noblest attribute of man.”

“Imagine yourself doing the things you long to do — actually possessing the things you long to possess.

Become imaginative; mentally participate in the reality of the successful state; enter into that state of consciousness frequently; make a habit of it; then you will find you will be guided to do everything necessary for the realization of your dream.

Go to sleep feeling successful every night and perfectly satisfied. You will succeed eventually in implanting the idea of success in your subconscious mind.”

“It is just as easy to imagine yourself successful, as it is to imagine failure but far more interesting.”

“Life is addition! Death is subtraction. You add to your life by imagining whatsoever things are true, lovely, noble, and Godlike.

Imagine and feel yourself successful, and you must become successful. You are never a slave to circumstances, environment, or conditions.”

“Long hours, hard labor, or burning the midnight oil will not produce a Milton, a Shakespeare, or a Beethoven.

People accomplish great things through quiet moments, imagining that the invisible things from the foundation of time are clearly visible.”

“Make a choice now! Begin to think constructively and harmoniously. To think is to speak. Your thought is your word.

Let your words be as a honeycomb, sweet to the ear, and pleasant to the bones. Let your words be 'like apples of gold in pictures of silver'.”

“Man looks out into the world, and he sees sickness, chaos, and man's inhumanity to man. The man with the disciplined imagination soars above all appearances, discord, sense evidence, and sees the sublime principle of harmony operating through, in, and behind all things.

He knows through his Divine imagery that there is an Everlasting Law of Righteousness behind all things, an Ever Abiding Peace, a Boundless Love governing the entire Cosmos. These Truths surge through the heart, and are born of the eternal Truth which through the imagination pierces the outer veil, and rests in the Divine meaning of the way it is in God and Heaven.”

“Men gifted with intuition and imagination find water in the desert, and they create cities where formerly other men only saw a desert and a wilderness.”

“Never permit your imagination to be used negatively; never distort or twist it. You can imagine sickness, accident, and loss and become a mental wreck. To imagine sickness and lack is to destroy your peace of mind, health, and happiness.”