“Short version: For the child. . ., it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. . . . It is more important to pave the way for a child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts that he is not ready to assimilate.” IfsKnowsWayWantFeelsChildrenImportantFactsGrowsEmotionHalfProduceReadyGardenSeedsSensesImpressionVersionsDietsSoilNot ReadyFertileKnowledge And WisdomFertile Soil Book:The house of life: Rachel Carson at work Source: The house of life: Rachel Carson at work
“To be psychic is to see without the senses and to keep the thoughts and emotions of others out of your awareness.” EmotionSeeingAwarenessSensesPsychicsThoughts And Emotions Author:Frederick Lenz
“I am persuaded that not a novel in ten thousand is of any use to a child to fit him for life. The most are of use only to unfit him -- to blunt his senses and infect him with the writers' poor silly sentiments. Nine out of ten novelists deserve to be prosecuted under an Adulterated Emotions Act.” ChildrenUsePoorEmotionNovelFitThousandTenDeserveSillySensesNineNovelistsSentimentsBlunt Author:Storm Jameson
“I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.” MindHumansPhilosophyMomentsBodyMemoriesSpaceEmotionAliveAspectMedicinePrivilegeSensesAcknowledgeHuman BodyGood MemoriesSoma Book:Art Psalms Source: Art Psalms
“The culture and educational system of the contemporary West are based almost exclusively upon the training of the reasoning brain and, to a lesser degree, of the aesthetic emotions. Most of us have forgotten that we are not only brain and will, senses and feelings; we are also spirit. Modern man has for the most part lost touch with the truest and highest aspect of himself; and the result of this inward alienation can be seen all too plainly in his restlessness, his lack of identity and his loss of hope.” MenFeelingsSpiritCultureLostLossResultsEmotionBrainModernIdentityDegreesHighestTrainingAspectWestForgottenEducationalSensesContemporaryReasoningAestheticInwardAlienationTruestRestlessnessEducational SystemModern ManHis Loss Author:Kallistos Ware
“Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is there too, in the formal aspects of the poem. The emotions are there in the way the senses gather things into the poem.” WayMindBodyEmotionExpressionAspectInstrumentsSensesHelpfulPoetry IsFormalMusicality Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each instant, a captivating music of the senses.” StoriesEmotionNotesSensesImpressionInstantScoreScentFragranceCaptivating Author:Alber Elbaz