Cornelia Funke Quotes

The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.

Don't let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

Emotions are my weakness. It is in my blood. It is very difficult to control.

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...

A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always act on their feelings, and think it only right. The will is then left at the mercy of circumstances that evoke feelings. Christian spiritual formation today must squarely confront this fact and overcome it.

My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that there are some things that you can't do and other things you have to do, that you always have to be surrounded by love, that you have to be understanding.

While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.

Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can.

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment: but rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at once called my sensations to order; and it was wonderful how I got over the temporary blunder-how I cleared up the mistake of supposing Mr. Rochester's movements a matter in which I had any cause to take vital interest.

We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive . . . by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don't lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That's why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.

A great mind is above insults, injustice, grief, and raillery, and would be invulnerable were it not open to compassion.

Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.

In this world, man has two significant possessions: intelligence and emotion. These two possessions govern our day-to-day life. But very often we see that emotion (ego) gets the upper hand in our life. We know that even if someone is extremely intelligent, when his emotion comes to the fore it will devour him. He is compelled to do what his emotion asks him to do.

I don't let the hate go to my heart, and I don't let the praise go to my head.