It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine…

States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It…

— John Lancaster Spalding

If you take 'Agni Natchathiram,' it is about two half-brothers and their emotions and those are genuine, which can be made into a very…

— Mani Ratnam

It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations you have…

— Tenzin Palmo

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

— Dalai Lama

“Grief helps you come to grips with the loss of a loved one. Guilt helps you make better moral decisions or bring you to…

— Stephen Richards

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are…

— Daniel Kahneman

“People who tend to [suppress their negative emotions] regularly,” concludes Grob, “might start to see the world in a more negative light.”

— Susan Cain

The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

— Sonja Lyubomirsky

The beautiful thing about music is that even so-called negative emotions like anger, sadness, frustration, when they come through the filter of music, they…

— Hiromi

“To the Dalai Lama, suffering and adversity are the necessary conditions for developing patience and tolerance. These qualities are vital if we want to…

— Victor Chan

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

— Anonymous

You must not let your negative emotions distract you from achieving your goals.

— Clay Clark

“real difficulty comes when we are doing something that we don’t want to be doing. For example, if we must work when we want…

— Rahima Baldwin Dancy

“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

“The privacy issue was reignited in early 2014, when the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook had conducted a massive social-science experiment on nearly…

— Jonathan Taplin