Quotes About Response

Transcending emotions doesn't mean you have no feelings. You have them. But you recognize them for what they are and respond appropriately without letting them develop into what we call emotions, which are really just feelings that have been blown way out of proportion. A

Buddhism doesn't ask us to deny our natural desires. But it does ask us to regulate how we respond to them.

I'm not an alarmist, but someone should break the glass, and pull that red T-Lever down!

That was cool." "You're psychotic.

How are you feeling?" Kendra asked. "Stabbed," he said.

There came a brisk knock on the door that internally connected the two rooms. Seth hustled over. "What's the password?" "Passwords are for sissies," Warren's muffled voice responded. "Works for me," Seth said, unlocking the door and opening it. "The

Who goes there?" one of them asked, drawing a sword. Farfalee answered with an arrow. As the other ran

That was cool.' You're psychotic.

Storms, boy. What did you do? Hit a lighteyes?" "Yes," Kaladin said. Then punched him.

Omens weren't real. But the way people reacted to them was very real.

Unlike a sword, scorn has only the bite you give it.

You bastard!" Wax shouted toward the box. "Now, now," the box said. "That's patently false, Waxillium. You have a very clear understanding of my parentage.

Don't try," Waxillium said. "Logic doesn't work on Wayne." "I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller," Wayne explained. "It lets me add two 'n' two and get a pickle." "I … have no response to that," Marasi said.

Run!" Tia yelled. Like I needed to be told.

Stupid! Quick, say something witty. "Um. Your hair is nice.

What was wrong with that young man who answered the door?" Wyndle asked. "Dunno," Lift said. "Some people are just born like that.

when we are in pain and fear, anger and hate are our go-to emotions.

when men feel that rush of inadequacy and smallness, they normally respond with anger and/or by completely turning off.

Again, the difference between empathy and sympathy: feeling with and feeling for. The empathic response: I get it, I feel with you, and I've been there. The sympathetic response: I feel sorry for you.

Experiencing vulnerability isn't a choice—the only choice we have is how we're going to respond when we are confronted with uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

When we share vulnerability, especially shame stories, with someone with whom there is no connectivity, their emotional (and sometimes physical) response is often to wince, as if we have shone a floodlight in their eyes. Instead of a strand of delicate lights, our shared vulnerability is blinding, harsh, and unbearable. If we are on the receiving end, our hands fly up and cover our faces, we squeeze our entire faces (not just our eyes) shut, and we look away.

I found this really interesting because I always assumed that my emotions responded to my body freaking out. But really, my emotions are responding to my "thinking" assessment of how well I can handle something.

Dread occurs frequently in response to high-probability negative events; its magnitude increases as the dreaded event draws nearer. Because

When we experience shame, our first layer of defense often occurs involuntarily. It goes back to our primal flight, fight and freeze responses.