Quotes about Emotions

It's not the idea that we hear, as much as the positive or negative energy behind it.

Almost all people are carrying a great and secret hurt, even when they don't know it.

Whenever we get defensive or go emotionally up and down, this is a sign that we are attached to a self-image.

Cesar Milan, the "dog whisperer," says that dogs cannot be peaceful or teachable if they have no limits set to their freedom and their emotions. They are actually happier and at rest when they live within very clear limits and boundaries, with a "calm and assertive" master. My dog, Venus, is never happier and more teachable than when I am walking her, but on her leash. Could it be the same for humans at certain stages?

When the self is surrendered—when we're not too tied to our own agenda, anger, fear, or desire to make things happen our way—we are truly open to love. But be aware of the heart's propensity to clench and close.

but I do believe that the only way out of deep sadness is to go with it and through it.

the little boy couldn't feel and admit the pain until he was sufficiently sure that love was there.

So long as we all cling to our prejudices and identify with our preconceived views and feelings, genuine human community is impossible. You have to get to the point where you can break free from your feelings. Otherwise in the end you won't have any feelings; they'll have you.

Your heart needs to be broken—and broken open—at least once to discover what your heart means and to have a heart for others.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships.

We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally. When faced with our own limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, more beautiful, and wealthier. We want to have it all and do it all, and we become upset when it doesn't happen. Then when we notice that God gave others characteristics we don't have, we respond with envy, jealousy, and self-pity.