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“Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling victimized and martyred. Rather, it is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.”

Feelings Past Behavior Forgiving Divorce Cheeks Superficial Finishing Irresponsible Hurtful Misguided Contamination Martyred

Author:Joan Z. Borysenko

“Great fiction shows us not how to conduct our behavior but how to feel. Eventually, it may show us how to face our feelings and face our actions and to have new inklings about what they mean. A good novel of any year can initiate us into our own new experience.”

Feels Years May Mean Shows Feelings Action Faces Fiction Novel Behavior Our Actions New Experiences Initiate

Book:On Writing

Source: On Writing

“Love involves more than just feelings. It is also a way of behaving. When Sandy said, "My parents don't know how to love me," she was saying that they don't know how to behave in loving ways. If you were to ask Sandy's parents, or almost any other toxic parents, if they love their children, most of them would answer emphatically that they do. Yet, sadly, most of their children have always felt unloved. What toxic parents call "love" rarely translates into nourishing, comforting behavior.”

Ifs Knows Way Children Said Feelings Asks Felt Parent Answers Healing Know How Behavior Behave Toxic Teens Translate Comforting How To Love Unloved Sandy

Author:Susan Forward

“Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.”

People Giving Matter Helping Feelings Influence Behavior Analysis

Book:The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

Source: The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

“When I kicked in the first TV a nineteen-inch Magnavox with wicker speaker panels it felt like the most perfect thing I had done in a long time. And there's nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.”

Firsts Long Done Feelings Felt Perfect Inspire Tvs Behavior Long Time Perfection Inches Speakers Nineteen Perfect Things

Author:Adam Rapp

“Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.”

Feelings Romance Passion Love Is Behavior Active Verbs Nouns

Author:Susan Forward

“The truth is that we can overhaul our surroundings, renovate our environment, talk a new game, join a new club, far more easily than we can change the way we respond emotionally. It is easier to change behavior than feelings about that behavior.”

Way Feelings Games Change Environment Easier Truth Is Behavior Clubs Surroundings Our Environment

Book:Turning Points

Source: Turning Points

“In our contemporary world, no one can think or work with a single picture of what a family is. No one can fit all human behavior, all thought and feeling, into a single pattern.”

Thinking World Humans Feelings Family Fit Behavior Patterns Contemporary Human Behavior Thoughts And Feelings Single Picture

Book:Family

Source: Family