“Poor feeling hijacks thinking for self-deception: to hide harsh truths, avoid action, evade responsibility, and, as the existentialists might put it, flee from freedom. Thus, poor feeling is a kind of moral failing, indeed, the deepest kind, and virtue principally consists in correcting and refining our emotions and the values that they reflect. To feel the right thing is to do the right thing, without any particular need for conscious thought or effort.” ReasonPhilosophyEmotionsEthicsExistentialismEmotional IntelligencePsychoanalysisSelf DeceptionCognition Book:Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions Source: Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
“Repairing the gulf between what we can bear or dare to feel and what we really feel is the unfinished work of a lifetime.” EmotionsEmotional IntelligenceEmotions And Feelings Book:Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions Source: Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
“Music is the school and the hospital of the emotions.” PhilosophyEducationMusicPsychologyEmotionsEmotional Intelligence Author:Neel Burton
“Not all negative emotions are negative in the same way. Negative emotions about the self are much worse than negative emotions about externals. Which is why a victory rings hollow when it is not founded in virtue, and it is better to be on the losing side.” Emotional IntelligencePolitics And Culture Book:Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions Source: Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
