“I am willing to believe that my unobtainable sixty seconds within a sponge or a flatworm might not reveal any mental acuity that I would care to call consciousness. But I am also confident [...] that vultures and sloths, as close evolutionary relatives with the same basic set of organs, lie on our side of any meaningful (and necessarily fuzzy) border and that we are therefore not mistaken when we look them in the eye and see a glimmer of emotional and conceptual affinity.” BelieveLooksMightEyeCareLyingSidesConsciousnessEmotionalWillingMeaningfulBordersSecondsOrgansSixtyMistakenSlothAffinitySpongesFuzzyVulture Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who wants it the most? How much is he willing to take - and dish out - to get it? It's like fighting is 10 percent physical and 90 percent emotional.” PeopleWantSpiritualFightingSportsEmotionalWillingPercentContactBoxingDishesContact Sports Author:Mike Tyson
“To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we're holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized.” FeelingsPainPastHurtResponsibilityAcceptingEmotionalWillingLetting GoWoundsSurrenderTaking ResponsibilityHolding On Author:Debbie Ford
“In spreading his ideas, Plato was willing to employ emotional appeals, state propaganda, and the use of force.” IdeasStatesUseForceEmotionalWillingAppealsPropagandaPlatoUse Of ForceEmotional Appeal Author:Bertrand Russell
“In the Christian sense, love is not primarily an emotion but an act of the will. When Jesus tells us to love our neighbors, he is not telling us to love them in the sense of responding to them with a cozy emotional feeling. You can as well produce a cozy emotional feeling as you can a cough or sneeze. On the contrary, he is telling us to love our neighbors in the sense of being willing to work for their well-being even if it means sacrificing our well-being to that end.” IfsWellsMeanEndsFeelingsChristianJesusLove IsEmotionSacrificeProduceEmotionalWillingNeighborContraryWell BeingRespondingCozy Book:Wishful thinking: a theological ABC. Source: Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.
“Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.” IfsLongCountryCarePoliticalCertainGamesWinningPresidentLosesMinutesPolicyEmotionalWillingCapacityVicesBombsMaryClosingCliffsVice PresidentMccainPalinHailHail Mary Author:Dee Dee Myers