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for greater is He that is within me than he that is in the world.

Almost hourly little vexations and fears come up in your life. Meet each one with a denial. Calmly and coolly say within yourself, "That's nothing at all. It cannot harm or disturb me or make me unhappy." Do not fight it vigorously but let your denial be the denial of any thought of its superiority over you, as you would deny the power of ants on their little hill to disturb you. If you are angry, stand still and silently deny it. Say that you are not angry, that you are love made manifest and cannot be angry; and the anger will leave you.

If someone shows you ill will, silently deny his power to hurt you or to make you unhappy. Should you find yourself feeling jealous or envious toward anyone, instantly turn the heel of denial on the hydra-headed monsters. Declare that you are not jealous or envious, that you are an expression of perfect love (an expression which is God pressed out into visibility) and cannot feel negation. There is really no reason for jealousy or envy; for all persons are one and the same Spirit. "And there are varieties of activities [or manifestations], but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone" (1 Cor. 12:6), says Paul. How can you be envious of a part of yourself that seems to you more comely?

Shall the foot be envious of the hand, or the ear