“That flag is a symbol we attach our emotions to, but it isn't the emotion itself and it isn't the thing we really care about. Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.”
Source: The electric kool-aid acid test
“We need to rebrand vulnerability and emotion. A vulnerable man is not some weird anomaly. He is open to being hurt, but also open to love.”
Source: The Descent of Man
“I feel as though I can chew up nails and spit out a barbed wire fence.”
Source: Speaking Up for Each Other: A Collection of Short Stories for Tweens and Middle Grade Readers
“The tall trees, compassionate, understood everything:
grief - they stood stock-still, branches drooped in despair;
fear - they exposed their many roots, tugged their gold hair;
anger - they shook in the storm, pointed their bony fingers.
- The World of Trees (inspired by the Forest of Burnley)”
Source: Red, Cherry Red
“Running fron the pain, they never know the fullness of love's pleasure.”
Source: All About Love: New Visions
“Emotions are like water, turning opaque when disturbed, yet transparent when still. As mindfulness calms our emotions, we can peer into their depths and see our overshadowing spiritual values reflected on the surface.”
Source: Fearless Intelligence: The Extraordinary Wisdom of Awareness
“You can’t help your emotions but you can change how you express them.”
“There's no greater show on earth than observing human nature”
Source: Little Luigi: A Musical Adventure
“It felt kind of good to scream. I wished it were socially acceptable to scream more often. Not in class or anything, but maybe there could be some roped-off area or campus designated for screaming your cares away.”
Source: Here to Stay
“Your passport to influencing others is emotional intelligence, your fabric to choosing the right friends is social intelligence, your path to creating lasting wealth is financial intelligence, and your key to identifying your future is brand intelligence.”
Source: 25 Things you Must Have Before age 25