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Emmet Fox Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jul 30, 1886
  • Died: Aug 13, 1951

Emmet Fox (July 30, 1886 - August 13, 1951) was a New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century, famous for his large Divine Science church services held in New York City during the Great Depression.

Fox was born in Ireland. His father, who died before Fox was ten, was a physician and member of Parliament. Fox attended St Ignatius' College, a Jesuit secondary school near Stamford Hill. He became an electrical engineer. However, he early discovered that he had healing power, and from the time of his late teens studied New Thought. He came to know the prominent New Thought writer Thomas Troward.

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world. love

It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life. food

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind. positive

As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be. strength

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