Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, ...and air?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If God causes man to be sick, sickness must be good, and its opposite, health, must be evil, for all that He makes is good and wil...l stand forever. If the transgression of God's law produces sickness, it is right to be sick; and we cannot if we would, and should not if we could, annul the decrees of wisdom. It is the transgression of a belief of mortal mind, not of a law of matter nor of divine Mind, which causes the belief of sickness. The remedy is Truth, not matter,--the truth that disease is unreal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly.... You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind n...or one of Mind's faculties. Error is the contradiction of Truth. Error is a belief without understanding. Error is unreal because untrue. It is that which seemeth to be and is not. If error were true, its truth would be error, and we should have a self-evident absurdity--namely, erroneous truth. Thus we should continue to lose the standard of Truth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy, h...ypocrisy, revenge, have life abiding in them, is a terrible mistake. Life and Life's idea, Truth and Truth's idea, never make men sick, sinful, or mortal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout o...bedience enable us to follow Jesus' example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong pinions of love, and clothe religion in human forms. Whatever materializes worship hinders man's spiritual growth and keeps him from demonstrating his power over error.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain... the Science of Life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »