“What you think is an illusion created by your glands, your emotions and, in the last analysis, by the content of your stomach. That gray matter you're so proud of is like a mirror in an amusement park which transmits to you nothing but distorted signals from reality forever beyond your grasp.” ThinkingMatterRealityLastsEmotionForeverProudIllusionMirrorsAnalysisParksGrayStomachSignalsAmusementTransmitGlandsAmusement ParksGray Matter Book:Atlas Shrugged Source: Atlas Shrugged
“Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.” ThinkingWayGivingMindHeartEmotionTeachProudSolutionsOneselfArrogantSoothing Book:In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad Source: In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
“What I am most proud of with the book On to the Next Dream is how I turned an intensely emotional experience into art. Anyone can run up to a rooftop, tear off their clothes, and scream about how screwed up the world is. But for the people down below, all they see is a person losing their mind. I wanted to make something that channeled that emotion in a way that elicited an empathetic response from the reader. So that after you read this book, you would want to run up to the rooftop and scream about how screwed up the world is.” PeopleWorldMindArtBookDreamRunningEmotionTearsEmotionalProudLosingResponseScreamEmpathetic Author:Paul Madonna
“I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.” IfsTryingEmotionReaderProudTerrorFinestGross Author:Stephen King
“Dante Alighieri has the most glorious imagination of modern poetry. So it's talking about us, it's concerning us. Everything in it conveys sentiment, emotions. He is really the greatest poet ever. So I am really very proud to present the shining pearl of Italian culture around the world.” WorldCultureImaginationEmotionModernPoetProudShiningGloriousSentimentsItalian Author:Roberto Benigni