Quotes about Emotions
The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.
— CS Lewis
Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.
— Aristotle
An old pop music producer once said that there are really only four kinds of song a person can write: "I love you/I hate you/go away/come back!" That's a funny observation.
— Matt Redman
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice
— Albert Schweitzer
The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.
— Nelson Mandela
I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.
— Steven Curtis Chapman
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
— Alexander Hamilton
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
— Rick Warren
I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
— Vincent Van Gogh
By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more consonant to Nature.
— William Wordsworth
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile some have a sad expression some are pensive and diffident others again are plain honest and upright.
— Henry Ward Beecher