“People are afraid to think, or they don't know how. They fail to realize that, while emotions can't be suppressed, the mind can be strengthened. All over the world people are seeking peace of mind, but there can be no peace of mind without strength of mind.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldMindPeaceRealizingEmotionKnow HowFailingFailureSeekingPeace Of MindStrength Of Mind Author:Eric Gutkind
“We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art.” ArtEmotionWonderfulFailingMarkContemplationWorks Of ArtFidelityEvokeTeaseRecurrence Book:Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting Source: Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
“Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.” IfsEnoughEmotionFailingBecomingCapableHungryDrunkIntoxication Author:Andre Gide
“I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings.” StrongEmotionFailingParticularGrewGrew UpArgumentRageScalesDisplayDespisedStrong Emotions Author:Koren Zailckas
“Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feelings of moral superiority while asking nothing in return. With contempt you don't need to right the wrong (as with anger) or flee the scene (as with fear or disgust). And the best of all, contempt is made to share. Stories about the moral failings of others are among the most common kinds of gossip, they are a stable of talk radio, and they offer a ready way for people to show that they share a common moral orientation.” PeopleWayNeedsGivingFeelsKindMadeStoriesShowsFeelingsCommonEmotionMoralFailingShareReadyReturnSceneOffersAskingRadioEntertainmentGossipContemptStableDisgustingSuperiorityScandalOrientationTalk RadioMoral SuperiorityContempt You Book:The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
“All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self.” ImportantSelfMemoriesEmotionBrainFailingShapesUltimateIntimateDelicateCircuitsSouvenirs Author:Diane Ackerman
“Anger is almost always an emotion for people who wish to control others while simultaneously failing to control themselves.” PeopleWishEmotionFailing Author:Daniel Pearce
“What distinguishes a human being from a computer? The ability to add up numbers? The ability to understand language? The ability to be logical? It is, of course, none of the above. It is the ability to play. Computers cannot have fun. They cannot fantasize. They cannot dream, they cannot experience emotion or summon intuition. These rare, precious qualities come naturally to every child on this earth yet they tend to be seen, by well meaning adults, as faults, foibles and failings. In pushing tiny toddlers to 'perform', we rob them of the ability to imagine.” HumansWellsChildrenPlayDreamEarthCoursesLanguageFunHuman BeingsAbilityNumbersEmotionQualityImagineFailingComputerAdultsAddFaultsIntuitionTinyHaving FunPushingLogicalToddlerFoibles Author:Jonathan Cainer
“Positive thinking is just one small part of positive psychology. Plus, as an approach to well-being, positive thinking only helps you to the extent that it yields one or more positive emotions. The problem with positive thinking is that it sometimes just stays up "in the head" and fails to drip down to become a fully embodied experience.” ThinkingWellsSometimesHelpingProblemEmotionPsychologyFailingPositive ThinkingApproachWell BeingJust OnePlusYieldBeing PositiveSmall PartsPositive PsychologyPositive Emotions Author:Barbara Fredrickson