Quotes About Emotions

Ah, ah, ahhh ... first one gets mad, then one goes mad

He knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance... He knows there's a painful side, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.

he commences to laugh. Nobody can tell exactly why he laughs; there's nothing funny going on. But it's not the way that Public Relation laughs, it's free and loud and it comes out of his wide grinning mouth and spreads in rings bigger and bigger till it's lapping against the walls all over the ward. Not like that fat Public Relation laugh. This sounds real. I realize all of a sudden it's the first laugh I've heard in years.

Sometimes I looked at them and sometimes they looked at me, but rarely did we look at one another. It was too naked and painful. More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear, face-to-face.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. He knows there's a painful side;

It's like each face was a sign like one of those "I'm Blind" signs the dago accordion players in Portland hung around their necks, only these signs say "I'm tired" or "I'm scared" or "I'm dying of a bum liver" or "I'm all bound up with machinery and people pushing me alla time." I can read all the signs, it don't make any difference how little the print gets.

Tudja, hogy az embernek nevetni kell a fájó dolgokat, mert másképp oda az ép ész, és az Å'rületbe hajtja az embert a világ.

I sighed, surrendering speech, but held on to her arm. "Viv . . . ?" If this was the last of it, I wanted the last look of good-by.

Mi-a zis ca un om care-a tacut atata amar de vreme avea pesemne multe de spus, dupa care se intinse la loc pe perna si astepta. Eu ma straduii un minut sa-i zic ceva, dar singurele lucruri care-mi venira in minte erau din acelea pe care un om nu le poate spune altuia in cuvinte.

Es posible que no comprendiera por qué seguíamos sin poder reír, pero sabía que es imposible ser fuerte si se es incapaz de ver el lado cómico de las cosas. De hecho, se esforzaba tanto por encontrarle ese lado cómico a la vida que empezaba a preguntarme si estaría ciego a su otro aspecto, si tal vez era incapaz de comprender por qué la risa se nos atravesaba en el estómago.

Porque sabe que es preciso reírse de las cosas para mantener el equilibrio, para impedir que el mundo acabe enloqueciéndote. Sabe que las cosas tienen su lado triste [...], pero no quiere que el dolor empañe el humor, lo mismo que no permitiría que el humor empañase el dolor.

And I lay awake for hours, hoping another phone call would give me that opportunity to be alone and unruffled with her.

Mõnikord ma unustan, milleks naer on võimeline.

Io so soltanto questo: nessuno è perfetto, in primo luogo, e a me sembra che tutti quanti impieghino la loro esistenza dilaniando il prossimo.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance just to keep the world running you plumb crazy.

Jealousy is the lock that closes your heart, understanding is the key that opens it.

Hatred is a good thing when it comes to sports.

Left-Hand or interior events cannot be seen in that fashion. You cannot see love, envy, wonder, compassion, insight, intentionality, spiritual illumination, states of consciousness, value, or meaning running around out there in the empirical world. Interior events are not seen in an exterior or objective manner, they are seen by introspection and interpretation

Step Two: Face It. Once you have a good deal of videotape of the problematic item, then face it. If the symptom seems to be triggered by a particular person, then locate that person in your mind, and face him or her (or them). It might help to sit in a chair and put another "empty chair" in front of you. Put the problem in the empty chair—the person, monster, image, event, or simply the symptom itself (depression, anxiety, fear, envy).

I had my own test, better than Turing's: when a computer could genuinely convince me that it wanted to commit suicide.

So these Nondual traditions do not necessarily abandon emotions, or thoughts, or desires, or inclinations. The task is simply to see the Emptiness of all Form, not to actually get rid of all Form. And so Forms continue to arise, and you learn to surf.

The spark for a relationship might come for free—a look, a word. But the fuel to keep it going would always be expensive.

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

If you let your emotions get high, your bargaining power will be low. Make sure you don't negotiate from a position of need when making a deal.