Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

Florence Scovel Shinn was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years. In New Thought circles, she is best known for her first book, The Game of Life and How to Play It .

Shinn expressed her philosophy as:



The invisible forces are ever working for man who is always ‘pulling the strings’ himself, though he does not know it. Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.

The Game of Life, Florence Scovel Shinn Wikipedia  

✵ 24. September 1871 – 17. October 1940
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Famous Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

“Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.”

Source: The Game of Life and How to Play It

“The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.”

The Game of Life and How to Play It https://archive.org/details/gameoflifehowtop00shin (1925)

“If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.”

The Game of Life and How to Play It https://archive.org/details/gameoflifehowtop00shin (1925), p. 17.

“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.”

Source: Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn, (1989), p. 65

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