“I've seen pretty clear, ever since I was a young un, as religion's something else besides notions. It isn't notions sets people doing the right things--it's feelings. It's the same with the notions in religion as it is with math'matics--a man may be able to work problems straight off in's head as he sits by the fire and smokes his pipe; but if he has to make a machine or a building, he must have a will and a resolution, and love something else better than his own ease.” PeopleIfsMenMayFeelingsProblemAbleYoungClearFireBuildingMachinesAnd LoveNotionMathSmokeEaseRight ThingResolutionPipeDoing The Right Thing Book:Four Novels of George Eliot Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“Once in awhile throughout the day...let go into full acceptance of the present moment, including how you are feeling and what you perceive to be happening... Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are. Then, when you're ready, move in the direction your heart tells you to go, mindfully and with resolution.” GivingHeartMomentsFeelingsMovingAcceptanceReadyLetting GoHappeningsIncludingPerceivePresent MomentResolutionPermission Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal - and these balances are shifting all the time.” FeelingsDangerousBecomingBalanceConflictUniversalProfessionPoetry IsResolutionShiftingUltras Author:May Sarton
“What is the elevation of the soul? A prompt, delicate, certain feeling for all that is beautiful, all that is grand; a quick resolution to do the greatest good by the smallest means; a great benevolence joined to a great strength and great humility.” MeanSoulFeelingsBeautifulCertainHumilityResolutionDelicateSmallestBenevolencePromptsElevation Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater