Wilfred Funk quotes

“The more words you know the more clearly and powerfully you will think . . . and the more ideas you will invite into your mind.”
-- Wilfred Funk

Source : Wilfred Funk (1986). “Six Weeks to Words of Power”

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“Success and vocabulary go hand in hand. This has been proven so often that it no longer admits of argument.”
-- Wilfred Funk

Source : Wilfred Funk (1974). “Words of Power”

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“When words fail, wars begin. When wars finally end, we settle our disputes with words.”
-- Wilfred Funk

Source : Wilfred Funk (1974). “Words of Power”

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“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”

“Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.”

“It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.”

“I said, ‘There’s one idea I’ve been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It’s Woodrow Wilson.’”

“I want to leave my readers with a sequence of ideas/phrases that makes them question something they'd taken for granted. Or that confuses them to the point that they laugh, but contains one or two phrases/lines that stick in their minds.”

“I was really intrigued by the idea of using live streams of data that's relevant to real people, and that would allow us to reflect and learn about ourselves.”

“You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.”

“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics

“You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.”

“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them”

Source : A.J Cronin (1942). “the Keys of the Kingdom”