“To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind of every personage concerned in it, and know precisely how they would be affected by what happens; which to do requires a colossal intellect: but to describe a separate emotion delicately, it is only needed that one should feel it oneself; and thousands of people are capable of feeling this or that noble emotion, for one who is able to enter into all the feelings of someone sitting on the other side of the table.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldMindStoriesFeelingsHappensWould BeAbleSidesEmotionNeededCapableSittingConcernedTablesOneselfIntellectNobleAffectedColossal Author:John Ruskin
“Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.” FeelingsEmotionCompassionEmpathySorryOneselfRangeFeeling SorryCompassion And Empathy Author:Frederick Lenz
“laughter, that distinctively human emotion, laughter which springs from trust in the other, from willingness to put oneself momentarily in the other's place, even at one's own expense, is the special emotional basis of democratic procedures, just as pride is the emotion of an aristocracy, shame of a crowd that rules, and fear of a police state.” HumansStatesEmotionDemocracySpecialEmotionalPrideSpringLaughterBasesPoliceShameDemocraticOneselfCrowdsExpensesWillingnessProceduresAristocracyPolice StateHuman Emotions Author:Margaret Mead
“Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.” ThinkingWayGivingMindHeartEmotionTeachProudSolutionsOneselfArrogantSoothing Book:In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad Source: In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
“Reunions are always fraught with awkward tensions - the necessity to account for oneself; the attempt to find, through memories, an ember of the old emotions.” SchoolMemoriesEmotionFamilyHigh SchoolAccountsOneselfTensionAwkwardReunionEmbers Author:Anita Shreve
“We are commanded to love God with all our strength, heart, mind and soul and our neighbor in the same way God loves us - it is the same love flowing between God and the soul - the soul and its neighbor. It is difficult, but the burden of the cross is light compared to the cross of uncontrolled emotions, anger, insistence on one's own opinion, the frustration of trying to change others rather than being changed oneself, resentment, regrets and guilt. Accepting the present moment like Jesus did is certainly a lighter burden.” WayTryingMindHeartSoulMomentsLightJesusDifficultEmotionAcceptingOpinionChangedRegretCrossesGuiltOneselfBurdenNeighborGod LoveFrustrationPresent MomentResentmentLightersInsistenceTrying To ChangeGod Loves UsSame LoveHeart Mind And Soul Author:Mother Angelica
“Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.” ReasonDoneEmotionAll ThingsUniversalOneselfGuidesAllowing Author:Cardinal Richelieu
“I think the underlying purpose is expression. It's not about technique, it's not about hitting the right note, writing the perfect prose, having the perfect brushstroke. It's about expression of oneself, the things around you, and the emotions. I think expression is the one word that I would use, whether it's for sorrow, tragedy, joy, or even the need to express and be heard.” ThinkingNeedsWritingUseJoyPurposePerfectEmotionHeardExpressionSorrowTragedyNotesOneselfTechniqueProseHittingOne Word Author:Charlie Albright
“Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications - in order to hide one's motives, not just from others, but primarily from oneself. The price of rationalizing is the hampering, the distortion, and, ultimately, the destruction of one's cognitive faculty. Rationalization is a process not of perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions.” GivingRealityOrderProcessEmotionIdentityFitDestructionOneselfExplanationMotiveFacultyJustificationProvidingAttemptingDistortionCognitiveCover Ups Book:Philosophy: Who Needs It Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It
“We practice conscious forgetting by refusing to summon up the fiery material, we refuse to recollect. To forget is an active, not a passive, endeavor. It means to not haul up certain materials, or turn them over and over, to not work oneself up by repetitive thought, picture, or emotion.” MeanCertainTurnsForgetEmotionPracticeMaterialsConsciousOneselfRefuseActiveEndeavorPassiveFieryRepetitiveHaul Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes