Quotes about Emotions

Because we are what we love, our identity and our dignity depend on what we love and the depth and passion with which we love.

I came to the conclusion that the cure for a lot of my moodiness was having more frequent sex with my wife.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.

There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is clear, be able (1) to reason logically, (2) to understand human character and goodness in their various forms, and (3) to understand the emotions-that is, to name them and

For though the wish for friendship comes quickly, friendship does not.

Tragedy, then, is a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself, and of some amplitude; in language enriched by a variety of artistic devices appropriate to the several parts of the play; presented in the form of action, not narration; by means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions.

There was nothing wrong, he reminded himself, with healthy fear; only when it escalated into panic did it become a killer.

Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.

Look at you. Why is the only woman you ever cared about a world-class criminal - are you a masochist?

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.