“Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a matter of survival to go on as they have been. Feeling tired raises a deep fear that they may not be able to continue the struggle. Many find it difficult to say, ‘I can’t.’ As children, they were taught that where there’s a will, there’s a way. To say, ‘I can’t,’ is to admit failure, which is seen as evidence that they are unworthy of love.” PeopleWayFeelsBelieveMayChildrenHas BeensI CanMatterFeelingsAbleDifficultStruggleTaughtGoes OnSurvivalEvidencePressureRaisesTiredUnworthyTiredness Author:Alexander Lowen
“One has a more practical survival level, that's the mind function. The heart function obviously has an internal level that has to do with the quality of developing perceptions, feelings, the self. And the spirit level has to do with the pondering part of our lives.” MindHeartSelfFeelingsSpiritLevelsQualityOur LivesPerceptionSurvivalFunctionPracticalsDevelopingInternalsPondering Author:Caroline Myss
“Usually right when I'm feeling it, right when it's happening, I always find I need to be in some sort of survival mode or mature mom mode, so it always seems to come later that I have the breakdown.” NeedsFeelingsSeemsMomSurvivalHappeningsMatureBreakdownSurvival Mode Author:Natalie Maines
“Yes, all of life is sacred, including plants; and yes, there is research that demonstrates that plants have feelings - they feel it when their leaves or stems are ripped - and there is scientific evidence that while plants do not have brains and nervous systems like animals, they nevertheless actively work to ensure their survival - they want to live, thrive, reproduce, evolve.” WantFeelsFeelingsLife IsAnimalBrainSurvivalResearchEvidenceSacredPlantIncludingNervousEvolveThriveNeverthelessStemRippedNervous SystemScientific Evidence Author:Sharon Gannon
“There's this quote by a writer, Emil Cioran, he's a Romanian writer. He says that you should only put things in books that you would never dare to say to people in real life. So there is that feeling of acute embarrassment, or that you've been too revealing. I think it's some kind of survival mechanism where I never think of the reader, ever. Because then I would start censoring myself.” PeopleThinkingKindBookRealFeelingsSurvivalDareReal LifeEmbarrassment Author:Steve Toltz
“My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things.” MindImportantFeelingsSpiritImaginationMemoriesPowerfulSurvivalMy Imagination Author:John Marsden
“He did not know how long it took, but later he looked back on this time of crying in the corner of the dark cave and thought of it as when he learned the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work. It wasn't just that it was wrong to do, or that it was considered incorrect. It was more than that--it didn't work.” KnowsLongImportantFeelingsDarkKnow HowCrySurvivalSorryCornersWorking ItCavesSelf PityFeeling SorryFeeling Sorry For YourselfStop Feeling Sorry For Yourself Book:Hatchet Source: Hatchet
“She asked me what was wrong, and I told her I had to end it. She was surprised, and asked my why I thought so. I told her it wasn't a thought, more a feeling, like I couldn't breathe and knew I had to get some air. It was a survival instinct, I told her. She said it was time for dinner. Then she sat me down and told me not to worry. She said moments like this were like waking up in the middle of the night: You're scared, your'e disoriented, and you're completely convinced you're right. But then you stay awake a little longer and you realize things aren't as fearful as they seem.” LittlesSaidEndsMomentsFeelingsSeemsNightRealizingWorryAirMiddleSurvivalWake UpDown AndInstinctScaredDinnerBreatheConvincedAwakeSatWakingFearfulSurvival InstinctMiddle Of The NightRealize Things Author:David Levithan
“She wasn't feeling nothing. She was feeling too much. She was blocking it all out. That was a survival skill, and her still-beating heart was proof that it worked.” HeartStillsFeelingsToo MuchSkillsSurvivalProofBlockSurvival Skills Book:Shadow Bound Source: Shadow Bound
“I think the tingles are important. They are real, and I am in favor of their survival. But they are not the basis for a satisfactory marriage. I am not suggesting that on should marry without the tingles. Those warm, excited feelings, the chill bumps, that sense of acceptance, the excitement of the touch that make up the tingles serve as the cherry on top of the sundae. But you cannot have a sundae with only the cherry.” ThinkingShouldImportantRealFeelingsAcceptanceSurvivalBasesExcitedWarmFavorsExcitementChillBumpsCherriesSuggestingSundaes Author:Gary Chapman
“Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered.” IfsFeelingsInspirationFacesHumanityLosesKindnessSurvivalBasesDifficultyLove And Kindness Book:Kindness, Clarity, and Insight Source: Kindness, Clarity, and Insight
“Feeling fear is a good sign that your survival instincts are intact. You need to appreciate the dangers to stay safe.” NeedsFeelingsDangerSafeSurvivalAppreciateInstinctSurvival Instinct Author:Zoe Bell
“I'm not sure what Essiac does to extend cancer survival, and for all we know it may not have this effect. On the other hand, it's not toxic and my patients have reported feeling good while taking it, so why not support them?” KnowsMayDoeFeelingsHandsSupportEffectsSurvivalPatientCancerFeel GoodNot SureWhy NotToxicCancer Survival Author:Abram Hoffer
“It is clear that 'social Darwinism' and 'survival of the fittest' were intended by Obama to evoke feelings of fear and disgust. It is highly doubtful that Obama knows anything about the history of these ideas, and it is even more doubtful that he cares. A concern for truth is not the coin of the political realm.” KnowsIdeasFeelingsCarePoliticalSocialClearTruth IsSurvivalConcernRealmsDisgustingCoinsEvokeDoubtfulDarwinismSurvival Of The FittestSocial Darwinism Author:George H. Smith
“We have so much, yet many Americans feel dissatisfied. Somehow the full table, symbol of abundance to the pilgrims, is not enough. We yearn for something far beyond the material satisfaction. Find your place in history this Thanksgiving by stretching beyond your table. Celebrate your survival by offering peace and sharing with your neighbors. Make the shift from in illogical feeling of lack to the recognition of abundance. Invite the Spirit to your feast, and prepare to feed the world.” WorldFeelsEnoughFeelingsSpiritMaterialsSurvivalTablesSatisfactionNeighborCelebrateSymbolsRecognitionAbundanceInvitesOfferingThanksgivingStretchingPilgrimDissatisfiedIllogical Author:Jennifer James
“This was the feeling that Ms. Hempel couldn't shake: a conviction that she spent her days among people at the age when they are most purely themselves. How could she not be depleted when she came home, having been exposed for hours, without protection, to all those thrumming radiant selves? Here they were, just old enough to have discovered their souls, but not yet dulled by the ordinary act of survival, not yet practiced in dissembling.” PeopleSoulSelfEnoughFeelingsHomeAgeHoursSurvivalOrdinaryConvictionProtectionShakesExposedRadiant Author:Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
“Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are signals directing us toward goodness, safety, pleasure, and group survival.” FeelingsDecisionPleasureAnimalGroupsFineShapesGoodnessSurvivalSafetyBlessedInstrumentsDecision MakingSignalsCursed Book:The male ego Source: The male ego
“...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of humans. A capacity to feel pain obviously enhances a species' prospects of survival...it is surely unreasonable to suppose that nervous systems that are virtually identical physiologically, have a common origin and a common evolutionary function, and result in similar forms of behavior in similar circumstances should actually operate in an entirely different manner on the level of subjective feelings.” FeelsShouldHumansDifferentFeelingsMightPainFormAnimalLevelsResultsCommonCircumstancesBehaviorSurvivalCapacityFunctionSpeciesNervousLiberationRobotsSubjectiveIdenticalUnreasonableNervous SystemProspectsAnimal Liberation Author:Peter Singer