Quotes About Emotions

most of the research done on happiness suggests that people actually become less happy when they have children and do not begin to approach their prior level of happiness until their children leave home.

Although the insights we can have in meditation tell us nothing about the origins of the universe, they do confirm some well-established truths about the human mind: Our conventional sense of self is an illusion; positive emotions, such as compassion and patience, are teachable skills; and the way we think directly influences our experience of the world.

That which is aware of sadness is not sad. That which is aware of fear is not fearful. The moment I am lost in thought, however, I'm as confused as anyone else.

Our conventional sense of self is an illusion; positive emotions, such as compassion and patience, are teachable skills; and the way we think directly influences our experience of the world.

Habitual identification with discursive thought is the source of human suffering

We often behave in ways that are guaranteed to make us unhappy.

Every experience you have ever had has been shaped by your mind. Every relationship is as good or as bad as it is because of the minds involved. If you are perpetually angry, depressed, confused, and unloving, or your attention is elsewhere, it won't matter how successful you become or who is in your life—you won't enjoy any of it.

mere five minutes of practice a day (for five weeks) increased left-sided baseline activity in the frontal cortex—a pattern that, as we saw in the discussion of the split brain, has been associated with positive emotions.

If you're suffering, you're thinking.

Our struggle to navigate the space of possible pains and pleasures produces most of human culture.

Happiness and suffering, however extreme, are mental events. The mind depends upon the body, and the body upon the world, but everything good or bad that happens in your life must appear in consciousness to matter.

Although saddened to have lost a son, they feel tremendous pride at his accomplishment

I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggguulliing...We're looking to make a noise now and ... I wanna kiss you!

Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?

I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite.

To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

If you can eliminate the yelling and listen to the message, there's a great message there.

Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.

Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.

I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

We trifle with, make sport of, and despise those who are attached to us, and follow those that fly from us.

My family was always present when I needed them and sometimes felt even stronger emotions than me.

There is no sport in hate where all the rage Is on one side.