“When I experienced pleasurable emotions, I was at peace; when I lacked them, I felt anxiety. When I experienced positive emotions, I felt my life was meaningful. When I lacked them, it felt void of purpose and meaning.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“How sad, ye Gods, how sad the world is at evening, how mysterious the mists over the swamps! You will know it when you have wandered astray in those mists, when you have suffered greatly before dying, when you have walked through the world carrying an unbearable burden. You know it too when you are weary and ready to leave this earth without regret; its mists; its swamps and its rivers; ready to give yourself into the arms of death with a light heart, knowing that death alone can comfort you.”
Source: The Master and Margarita
“Emotions had been the primary factor in my planning and decision-making. Most of the time, they made my life feel like a roller coaster ride that ended abruptly with a broken piece of track.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“Liyah wasn't surprised at the neglect. She's seen Sayed's war within himself on the day of her arrival. She thought he might be the one person of her acquaintance less willing to give into emotions than she was. (Chapter 11)”
Source: Sheikh's Scandal
“Memories are meaningless without emotion, and aside from love and drugs, nothing spurs an emotional reaction like music.”
Source: Electrasy: Calling All The Dreamers
“The prefrontal cortex, which hosts the ‘logical’ part of the brain, comes second in the process of reading the news. We are vulnerable to manipulation by those who appeal to our emotions with the intent to pursue their own agendas.”
“The idea of cold, unbiased, ‘mathematical’ rationality, while long celebrated in many schools of philosophy, is not backed by neuroscience.”
“Writing history is slippery, there is little Truth with an upper case T, but a lot of lower-case “truths” that are filtered through the perceptions of others.”
Source: "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
“The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey.” Wallace might be seen as the Mentor/Wise Old Man, Ali as the naïve young hero who grows as the story evolves.”
Source: "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
“To build great relationships show genuine care.”
Source: Take Command