“What emotion had so invaded me? Fear? It is sometimes curiously difficult to name the emotion from which one suffers. The naming of it is sometimes unimportant, sometimes crucial.”
Source: The Black Prince
“When life becomes scattered and completely a faction of what it once was, and everything you thought was once true, seems false. Your heart feels empty, as it leaves your chest. Your mind is blank. Your emotions become so overwhelming you can hardly speak. You’re thinking you have a broken heart when in reality you heart, body and soul are rearranging your inner thoughts, feelings and the way you’re going to except things from now on. You’ll become stronger then you ever imagined. All you need is time. Give yourself time.”
“I am a very bad scientist. I will do anything to make a human being feel better, even if it's unscientific.”
Source: Cat’s Cradle
“But life has a way of teaching us that letting feelings run the show leads to all kinds of bad stuff.”
Source: The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference
“Who's the boss - you or your feelings?”
Source: The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference
“Our emotions overtake our reasoning mind when we are angry. Often we do something or say something that harms not only others but ourselves as well. We may repent our outbursts of anger later on but the scar created due to the harsh words, spoken in the fit of anger, does not get healed even in a lifetime.”
Source: 31 Ways to Happiness
“...our thinking leads our feelings (not the other way around)...”
Source: The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference
“Proverbs 11:27 has a great summary of both sides: 'If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you!' Ultimately, for better or for worse, it is often our *actions* that end up determining how we feel.”
Source: The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference
“The mark of a champion is the ability to win when things are not quite right – when you’re not playing well and your emotions are not the right ones.”
“Emotions don't always show up on time.”
Source: of Dust and Dragonflies: Short Stories