Quotes About Emotions

Men were men. They all wanted beauty. Such shallow, fickle, heartless creatures.

He hadn't lived until he'd discovered Isabella, and the fact that he had somehow managed to give his heart to a person he didn't truly know still baffled him. But

The best way to let go is to notice the thoughts as they come up and to acknowledge them.

Our refuge is being exactly where we are - not dramatizing problems by replaying them in our heads, telling stories to our friends, eliciting sympathy and convincing ourselves that this is a very big deal. Our refuge is in the stillness of being the compassionate witness to our panic and fear - not judging it as good or bad, just accepting the what is of the moment.

Love brings up anything that is hiding.

When you feel hurt, confused, lonely, or sad, breathe into your pain, feel it, be with it, then breathe out an image of clarity, light, and a blessing. This alone will start to change your life.

No, I am not sorry for having offended him. I don't mind him; but Ailie, how little one knows! All the angry and bitter feelings that I thought burnt out for ever when I lay waiting for death, are stirred up as hotly as they were long ago. The old self is here as strong as ever!

John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him.

When we use our past merely as a guide-book, and concentrate our noble emotions on the present and future, we shall improve more rapidly.

I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time. Of course I don't when John is here, or anybody else, but when I am alone.

Do you know you are a real comfort," she told him suddenly. "I never knew a man before who could—well, leave off being a man for a moment and just be a human creature.

But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way — it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.

I'm sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition.

The truly alive soul is tremblingly alive to the feelings of humanity

And how could this be? The 30's were the age you fell most dangerously in love, Adele had discovered, after the fact. Not with a man or a woman, but with your friends.

Their crime was their existence, Louisa had obliquely understood, and she had heeded Mama's plea that they must not make a noise, taking each blow soundlessly, keeping her tears on the inside, until the lake of her grief had become so wide it had seemed almost inviting, a thing into which she could escape.

Lack of courage keeps us from understanding others' perspectives.

Taylor's tendency to vent

Less energy on emotions, more energy on solutions" is a useful perspective most employers would like all of their employees to employ.

It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

Homesickness starts with food

Middle school female friendships are intense. They shift, fall apart, reassemble. A sixth-grade girl will stab her friends in the back. She will spread rumors. She will slam doors. She will taunt and yell and accuse. But come between her and those same friends? She will rip your throat out.

I'm a happy person. Despite what all those marriage counselors said. In fact, I'm happy right now. Or maybe that's just a pre-battle adrenaline rush. I'm always getting those confused.