“Wherever the human mind is healthy and vigorous in all its proportions, great in imagination and emotion no less than in intellect, and not overborne by an undue or hardened pre-eminence of the mere reasoning faculties, there the grotesque will exist in full energy.” MindHumansEnergyImaginationEmotionHealthyMereIntellectReasoningProportionFacultyHuman MindVigorousGrotesqueHardenedEminence Book:The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
“Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.” NeedsMovingEmotionTeachHealthyMetsLimitsShameBasic Needs Book:Healing the Shame that Binds You Source: Healing the Shame that Binds You
“How can you be afraid to feel? Isn't fear a feeling? If you're feeling fear, you've felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel. Everything else should be a piece of cake. Feel good, feel happy, feel healthy, feel loved, feel abundant, feel creative, feel compassionate, feel knowledgeable, feel powerful.” IfsFeelsShouldFeelingsFeltFearPowerfulEmotionCreativityCreativePiecesHealthHealthyNegativeHappyFeel GoodCakeCompassionateKnowledgeableNegative Emotions Author:Bashar al-Assad
“A healthy dose of guilt never hurt anybody. It's what civilization was built on, guilt. A highly underrated emotion.” HurtEmotionCivilizationHealthyBuiltGuiltDoseUnderrated Author:Ann Dunham
“Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional hygiene to preserve a healthy mind and attitudes.” NeedsMindValuesEmotionAttitudePracticeEmotionalHealthyPreservesRelatedHygienePhysical HealthHealthy Mind Author:Dalai Lama
“Sometimes I'm not so sure how healthy it is because it's exhausting to put all your emotion into your work, but I guess I should be thankful for that. I don't want the work to be about anything else but the truth and honesty.” WantShouldSometimesEmotionHonestyHealthyBeing ThankfulExhaustingTruth And Honesty Author:Jose Parla
“I think the emotional toolbox I have is healthy for an actor, as far as the intensity of emotions go. It's other things I have to hone. I can swim in that comfortably.” ThinkingI CanActorsEmotionEmotionalHealthySwimIntensityToolbox Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“People who experience negative or stressful emotions on an ongoing basis are less healthy and live shorter lives.” PeopleEmotionHealthyNegativeBasesOngoingStressful Author:Tony Robbins
“My all-time favorite topic in positive psychology is the study of positive emotions. I'm fascinated by how pleasant experiences, which can be so subtle and fleeting, can add up over time to change who we become. I'm especially excited these days about investigating how positive emotions change the very ways that our cells form and function to keep us healthy.” WayFormEmotionStudyPsychologyHealthyFunctionAddExcitedAll TimeCellsThese DaysPleasantSubtleFascinatedTopicsFleetingPositive PsychologyInvestigatingPositive EmotionsAll Time Favorite Author:Barbara Fredrickson
“Young men are eager to "hook up" with women. And many say they have very good female friends. But some of the emotions circulating among guys make it difficult to form and sustain healthy relationships.” MenFormYoungGuyDifficultEmotionHealthyMen And WomenFemaleVery GoodYoung ManHookHealthy RelationshipHook UpFemale Friends Author:Michael Kimmel
“So if we can't express it or repress it, what do we do when we feel angry? The answer is to recognize the anger, but choose to respond to the situation differently. Easier said than done, right? Can you actually imagine trying to strong-arm your anger into another, more amicable feeling? It would never work. Determination alone won't work. It takes a new intelligence to understand and manage our emotions. By getting your head and heart in coherence and allowing the heart's intelligence to work for you, you can have a realistic chance of transforming your anger in a healthy way.” IfsWayFeelsTryingHeartSaidDoneFeelingsStrongChanceAnswersEmotionSituationImagineArmsEasierHealthyDeterminationAngerManagementAngryManageWorking ItAllowingRealisticTransformingAnger ManagementCoherenceHead And HeartStrong ArmsEasier Said Than Done Author:Doc Childre
“Surrendered people make great lovers. They can be spontaneous and playful. They love to feel and express all of their emotions. They look vibrant, healthy, and energetic.” PeopleFeelsLooksEmotionLoversHealthySpontaneousGreat LoveEnergeticBe SpontaneousGreat Lovers Author:Judith Orloff
“Reason necessarily expresses itself through emotions and emotions are healthy only insofar as they are expressions of reason.” ReasonEmotionExpressionHealthy Author:Allen W. Wood
“But rather than trying to understand and rise above them, as leaders should, the [presedential] campaigns have often simply channeled these negative emotions. This has made the substance and tone of much of the discussion not only unpleasant and uninspiring, but the acrimony and divisiveness are not healthy for our democracy.” ShouldTryingMadeEmotionLeaderDemocracyHealthyNegativeCampaignsSubstanceDiscussionToneRise AboveNegative EmotionsDivisivenessUninspiringAcrimony Author:John I. Jenkins
“Be kind and gentle on yourself. In this fast-paced world, we are so hard on ourselves and impatient with healing. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to speed up the process. Sure, you can numb the pain or distract yourself, but if you don't allow yourself to process the emotion in a healthy way, the pain and darkness just gets buried deep inside you, and eventually comes up in your future relationships. Stop blaming yourself, and instead try to look for the lesson and the growth opportunity.” WorldTryingKindPainOpportunityGrowthEmotionHealingDarknessHealthyBlameSpeedGentleBe KindOur FutureImpatientNumb Author:Amy Chan
“People who feel the need to push and control tend to keep their feelings bottled up. As a result, they get shut down or remote, and their feelings come out in twisted, unhealthy ways. They become irritable, passive-aggressive, or volatile, for example. Surrendered people make great lovers. They can be spontaneous and playful. They love to feel and express all of their emotions. They look vibrant, healthy, and energetic.” PeopleFeelingsEmotionLoversHealthySpontaneousTwistedGreat LoveEnergeticBe SpontaneousGreat Lovers Author:Judith Orloff
“We have these earthly bodies. We don't know what they want. Half the time, we pretend they are under our mental thumb, but that is the illusion of the healthy and the protected. Of sedate lovers. For the body has emotions it conceives and carries through without concern for anyone or anything else. Love is one of those, I guess. Going back to something very old knit into the brain as we were growing. Hopeless. Scorching. Ordinary.” KnowsWantBodyLove IsEmotionBrainHalfGrowingLoversHealthyOrdinaryIllusionConcernCarrieHopelessProtectedThumbsScorching Author:Louise Erdrich