Quotes about Emotions

Mr. Charnock said: Men that are great in the world are quick in passion, and are not so ready to forgive an injury, or bear with an offender, as one of a meaner rank. It is a want of power over that man's self that makes him do unbecoming things upon a provocation. A prince that can bridle his passions is a king over himself as well as over his subjects. God is slow to anger because great in power. He has no less power over Himself than over His creatures.

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity.

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

At the end of the day, at 49 years old, it's realistic to believe that a Terminator has a heart.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.

For pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it can turn into compassion.

Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.