Neville Goddard Quotes Page 7

“Never claim 'I shall be that'. Let all claims from now on be, 'I am that, I am'.”

“Only as one is willing to give up his present limitations and identity can he become that which he desires to be.”

“Stop trying to change the world since it is only the mirror. Man’s attempt to change the world by force is as fruitless as breaking a mirror in the hope of changing his face.

Leave the mirror and change your face. Leave the world alone and change your conceptions of yourself. The reflection then will be satisfactory.”

“The numberless unrealized hopes and ambitions of man are the seeds which are buried within the consciousness or virgin womb of man.”

“The quality of denial — when disciplined — protects man from receiving impressions that are not in harmony with his nature.

He adopts an attitude of total indifference to all suggestions that are foreign to that which he desires to express. Disciplined denial is not a fight or struggle but total indifference.”

“The twelve disciples represent the twelve qualities of mind which can be controlled and disciplined by man. If disciplined they will at all times obey the command of the one who has disciplined them.”

“To be conscious of being poor while praying for riches is to be rewarded with that which you are conscious of being, namely, poverty. Prayers to be successful must be claimed and appropriated.

Assume the positive consciousness of the thing desired.”

“To feel a thing intensely, and then rest confidently that it is, makes the thing felt appear within your world.”

“When you drop your desire in consciousness as a seed, confident that it shall appear in its full-blown potential, you have done all that is expected of you.

To be worried or concerned about the manner of their unfoldment is to hold these fertile seeds in a mental grasp and, therefore, to prevent them from really maturing to full harvest.”

“You rise to a higher level of consciousness by taking your attention away from your present limitations and placing it upon that which you desire to be.

Do not attempt this in day-dreaming or wishful thinking but in a positive manner. Claim yourself to be the thing desired. I am that; no sacrifice, no diet, no human tricks.

All that is asked of you is to accept your desire. If you dare claim it, you will express it.”

“Your belief in masters is a confession of your slavery. Only slaves have masters. Change your conception of yourself.”

“Your world is your consciousness objectified. Waste no time trying to change the outside; change the within or the (subconscious) impression, and the without or expression will take care of itself.”