Florence Scovel Shinn
Florence Scovel Shinn was an influential American illustrator and metaphysical writer, best known for her self-help classics like "The Game of Life and How to Play It." Born in 1871, she combined spiritual teachings with practical advice, focusing on the power of positive thought and affirmation. Her work, rooted in New Thought philosophy, continues to inspire readers seeking personal empowerment and success through mental clarity and spiritual awareness.
Book summaries for books written by Florence Scovel Shinn
Quotes
Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power!
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds, and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
Every man has a golden gate to Paradise within him; he has but to open it to release the imprisoned splendor.
The law of prosperity is generosity. If you want more, give more.
The action of the whole universe is toward completion. Everything is involved in a completed state.
You must supply the magic, the magnetism which draws the things you want.
The imagination has been called 'the scissors of the mind,' and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world.
Your word is your wand, filled with magic and power.
The only lack is that of the understanding of the omnipresence of Good.
Nothing is too good to be true. Nothing is too wonderful to happen. Nothing is too good to last.
Your word has power only as long as you believe it.
The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best; therefore it tends to become the best; it takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.