“The heart of a man's like that delicate weed, / Which requires to be trampled on, boldly indeed / Ere it gives forth the fragrance you wish to extract.” MenGivingHeartWishEmotionWeedDelicateFragrance Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Prejudice ... is a subjective emotion which expresses itself upon others only because of an inner necessity for release. The object is irrelevant and opportune. The person who feels prejudice is the victim of himself and his own unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Life is not what he wants it to be and it has not been what he wishes it had been.” WantFeelsPersonsLife IsWishEmotionObjectsPrejudiceVictimReleaseUnhappinessIrrelevantSubjectiveDissatisfaction Author:Pearl S. Buck
“All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.” MenWishEmotionSatisfactionDislikeObituaryDislike Someone Author:Clarence Darrow
“When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages; but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.” ArtWishNumbersEmotionEventsPainter Book:Pensées of Joubert Source: Pensées of Joubert
“The slightest emotion of disinterested kindness that passes through the mind improves and refreshes that mind, producing generous thought and noble feeling, as the sun and rain foster your favourite flowers. Cherish kind wishes, my children; for a time may come when you may be enabled to put them in practice.” MindKindMayChildrenFeelingsWishEmotionPracticeKindnessSunFlowerRainNobleMy ChildrenGenerousCherishFavouriteDisinterestedSun And Rain Book:Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery Source: Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
“The subconscious ... reacts very quickly to strong emotions or feelings. Whatever it is you vividly imagine, the subconscious thinks is actually happening. The subconscious, if instructed properly, is like a faithful, obedient servant who fulfills your every wish.” IfsThinkingFeelingsStrongWishEmotionImagineHappeningsFaithfulServantSubconsciousObedientStrong Emotions Author:John Harricharan
“Time does not act on memory to soften the edges, blur the details; if anything, it sharpens them. Emotions may lose their acid outlines, but not places and people, not if you wish to retain them.” PeopleIfsMayDoeWishLosesMemoriesEmotionEdgesDetailsAcidOutlinesBlur Book:Mosaic Source: Mosaic
“The distinction between shame and guilt is very important, since these two emotions may tear a person in opposite directions. The wish to relieve guilt may motivate a confession, but the wish to avoid the humiliation of shame may prevent it.” MayPersonsTwoImportantWishEmotionTearsOppositesShameGuiltDistinctionConfessionHumiliationShame And Guilt Author:Paul Ekman
“Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer, for one may have known something many times, acknowledged it; one may have willed something many times, attempted it - and yet, only the deep inner motion, only the heart's indescribable emotion, only that will convince you that what you have acknowledged belongs to you, that no power can take it from you - for only the truth that builds up is truth for you.” HeartMaySoulSpiritAsksWishAnswersEmotionHalfKnownAskingFlightYour SoulConvinceDistressIndescribable Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“Anger is almost always an emotion for people who wish to control others while simultaneously failing to control themselves.” PeopleWishEmotionFailing Author:Daniel Pearce