Emile Coué: Power

Emile Coué was French psychologist and pharmacist. Explore interesting quotes on power.

Emile Coué: 18 quotes3 likes

“Suggestion, or rather Autosuggestion, is quite a new subject, and yet at the same time it is as old as the world. It is new in the sense that until now it has been wrongly studied and in consequence wrongly understood; t is old because it dates from the appearance of man on the earth. In fact autosuggestion is an instrument that we possess at birth, and in this instrument, or rather in this force, resides a marvellous and incalculable power”

Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (1922/2007) p. 5.

“Contrary to the generally accepted theory the will is not the invincible force it is claimed to be; in fact, whenever imagination and will come into conflict it is always imagination that triumphs. Try to do something while you are repeating: "I cannot do it," and you will see this truth confirmed. The mere idea of inability to accomplish a thing paralyzes the will power.”

Source: Autosuggestion : My method (2014), Chapter II. The role of imagination : About the "Dominance of the imagination over the will".

“Power of auto-suggestion known in the Middle Ages. The power of thought, of idea, is incommensurable, is immeasurable. The world is dominated by thought. The human being individually is also entirely governed by his own thoughts, good or bad. The powerful action of the mind over the body, which explains the effects of suggestion, was well known to the great thinkers of the Middle Ages, whose vigorous intelligence embraced the sum of human knowledge.”

Source: Autosuggestion : My method (2014), Chapter I. The reality of auto-suggestion.