Emmet Fox quotes

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself. (Emmet Fox)
If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world. View quote
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You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought. View quote
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You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind. View quote
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It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. View quote
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Life is consciousness. View quote
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be. View quote
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Supply yourself with a mental equivalent, and the thing must come to you. View quote
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It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life. View quote
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It is not possible that you could ever find yourself anywhere where God was not fully present, fully active, able and willing to set you free. View quote
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The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God. (Emmet Fox)
Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead. View quote
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a small spark can start a great fire. View quote
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What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your life. Whether the subject of your thought be good or bad, the law works and the condition grows. Any subject that you keep out of your mind tends to diminish in your life, because what you do not use atrophies. The more you think of grievances, the more such trials you will continue to receive; the more you think of the good fortune you have had, the more good fortune will come to you. View quote
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God is bigger than any problem. God in you is greater than any difficulty you have to meet. God cares for you more than it is possible for any human being to realize. God can help you in proportion to the degree in which you worship him. You worship God by really putting your trust in him instead of in outer conditions, or in fear, or in depression, or in seeming dangers, and so forth. You worship God by recognizing his presence everywhere, in all people and conditions that you meet; and by praying regularly. You pray well when you pray with joy. View quote
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Whenever you are afraid of something you are worshipping it. Whatever you fear, you bow down to and give it power. View quote
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Attention is the key to life. Whatever you really give your attention to, you become. Whatever you really concentrate upon will come into your life. We grow into the thing that fills our thoughts as inevitably as the stream merges into the ocean at last. View quote
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You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working. View quote
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Look where you are going because you will inevitably go where you are looking. View quote
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The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God. View quote
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The great difference between the two feelings is that love is always creative, and fear is always destructive. (Emmet Fox)
A tragic mistake that is often made is to assume that the will of God is bound to be something very dull and uninviting, if not positively unpleasant. Consciously or not some persons look upon God as a hard taskmaster, or a severe parent. . . . The truth is that the will of God for us always means greater freedom, greater self-expression, newer and brighter experience, wider opportunity of service to others-life more abundant. View quote
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Many people look upon change with dread and foreboding. But for those on the spiritual path-for those who believe in God and the power of prayer-change is a fuller expression of life. When a problem or condition arises in your life that indicates a change, rely upon God, and realize that it is not so much that a door has closed on a chapter of your life, but rather that a door has opened on new and more interesting things. View quote
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Each day is a new life. Each moment is really a new life. What we call memories are really present thoughts. What we call anticipations are really present thoughts. No one has ever lived in any moment except the present. View quote
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Here's an experiment: For one whole day think, speak, and act exactly as you would if you were absolutely convinced of the truth of the statements that God has all power and infinite intelligence, and that His nature is infinite goodness and love. To think in this manner all day will be the most difficult thing, because thought is so subtle. To speak in accordance with these truths will be easier, if you are vigilant. To act in accordance with them will be the easiest part, although it may require much in the way of moral courage. View quote
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