“While the mind remains so fixed in its own personal affairs, be they little or large, it has no chance to open up its higher levels. When attention and emotion are kept so confined, the chance they offer of this higher use is missed. The peace, truth, and goodness which could be had are untouched.” MindLittlesUseTruthPeaceChanceLevelsEmotionAttentionHigherOffersGoodnessRemainsAffairFixedPeace Of MindConfinedHigher Level Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: The ego. From birth to rebirth
“A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.” SeemsLastsEmotionAffairPrioritiesClothingsArrangementsSolemnTempest Author:Daphne Guinness
“The dreamers, those who misread the actual state of affairs and act upon their emotions, are often the source of the greatest mistakes in history-the wars that are not thought out, the disasters that are not foreseen” WarStatesEmotionMistakeSourceAffairDisasterDreamerForeseen Book:The 50th Law Source: The 50th Law
“In ordinary speech the words perception and sensation tend to be used interchangeably, but the psychologist distinguishes. Sensations are the items of consciousness--a color, a weight, a texture--that we tend to think of as simple and single. Perceptions are complex affairs that embrace sensation together with other, associated or revived contents of the mind, including emotions.” ThinkingMindTogetherUsedSimpleEmotionConsciousnessColorSpeechPerceptionOrdinaryWeightEmbraceComplexesIncludingAffairSensationsItemsTexturePsychologist Author:Jacques Barzun
“I have never known more than fifteen minutes of anxiety or fear. Whenever I feel fearful emotions overtaking me, I just close my eyes and thank God that He is still on the throne reigning over everything and I take comfort in His control over the affairs of my life.” FeelsStillsEyeEmotionKnownMinutesComfortAnxietyAffairThank GodFearfulFifteenThronesOvertaking Author:John Wesley
“Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind.” WritingMindHeartKindEmotionSkillsConsciousAffairShyCourageousFactoriesLove AffairConscious MindPossible Love Book:A Poetry Handbook Source: A Poetry Handbook