Quotes about Emotions

Worry is a waste of emotional reserve.

He never felt lonliness except when he was happy.

There's so much nonsense about human inconstancy and the transience of all emotions. I've always thought that a feeling which changes never existed in the first place.

No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)

I'm not capable of suffering completely. I never have. It goes only down to a certain point and then it stops. As long as there is that untouched point, it's not really pain.

Incredulity and indifference were her only reaction: incredulity, because she could not conceive of what would bring human beings to such a state —indifference, because she could not regard those who reached it, as human any longer.

Why were you happier when you were a kid? Because you didn't know anything. The more you know, the sadder you get.

Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can't control the body and its appetites, how can we control our tongues, or overcome the emotions or anger, envy, jealousy, or hatred?

The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.