The intellect is a cold thing and a merely intellectual idea will never stimulate thought in the same manner that a spiritual idea does.

Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (January 21 1887 – April 7 1960) was an American spiritual writer teacher and leader. Holmes E. A.

He was the founder of a Spiritual movement known as Religious Science a part of the greater New Thought movement whose spiritual philosophy is known as "The Science of Mind. Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (January 21 1887 – April 7 1960) was an American spiritual writer teacher and leader. His books remain in print and the principles he taught as "Science of Mind" have inspired and influenced many generations of metaphysical students and teachers.