“Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.” FeelsFeelingsPainEnergyHalfHellMinutesAvoidingResistingAvoiding Pain Author:Leigh Newman
“The wishes of the people, seldom founded in deep disquisitions, or resulting from other reasonings than their present feelings, may not entirely accord with our true policy and interest. If they do not, to observe a proper line of conduct for promoting the one, and avoiding offence to the other, will be a work of great difficulty.” PeopleIfsMayFeelingsWishInterestLinesPolicyDifficultyReasoningAvoidingPromotingAccordOffence Book:The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States
“Listen, after almost twenty years of call-in radio, I can tell you that the main thrust of too many lives is an overemphasis on feeling good instead of doing good. Being admired and respected by the self and others has taken a back seat to feeling good, or, at least, avoiding feeling bad. And, oh boy, the excuses some of you can come up with for doing so!” YearsI CanSelfFeelingsLife IsBoysTakenTwentiesCome UpRadioExcuseFeel GoodSeatsAvoidingDoing GoodThrustFeeling Bad Author:Laura Schlessinger
“Sex can be renounced -- but sexuality cannot. We can't avoid sexual issues by avoiding sex, or by dismissing its importance, or by showing disrespect to our own or other people's sexual feelings.” PeopleFeelingsSexIssuesImportanceSexualityAvoidingDisrespect Author:Sallie Tisdale