Quotes about Emotion

God loves us more than we love Him.

But we can influence (not compel) each other's choices through the mediating channels of imagination and emotion. So can angels. They can't put judgments in your mind or choices in your will, but they can put images in your imagination and feelings in your heart. (Feelings don't compel you either; your will can choose whether to follow your feelings or not.)

Dostoyevsky says, "love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams" (The Brothers Karamazov).

Heart" here refers especially to deep feeling or emotion. "Heart" means not only (1) intuitive reason ("the heart has its reasons") and (2) will

Fear in the midst of the storm is instinctive and beneficial. Fear of a storm that could happen is not. It's an intrusive emotion that can lead us to a greatly diminished life.

Lewis said, "Reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning." He was saying that stories can align reason with imagination and mind with emotion. When truth is put in imaginative form, it can be driven not only into the mind but also into the heart.

I was too aggressive. Too angry.

He stared at her for a long moment. I would feel terrible if something ever happened to you. You are becoming important to me.

When you love someone, you expect them to love you back the same way - with a singleness of heart.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

You have my whole heart. You always did.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.