People with higher ratios of positive to negative emotions…

The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us.

— Chip Conley

“If an idea becomes a piece of private property, it is likely to grow stale and brittle over time. If it migrates throughout an…

— Tim Brown

“imposters, in one shape or another, are likely to flourish as long as human nature remains what it is and society shows itself ready…

— Steve Berry

I have been criticized for pointing out that anarchism is likely to flourish more easily, at least in the western world, and to a…

— Murray Bookchin

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

— Clay Clark

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

— Anonymous

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

“Whereas cognitive constraints on negative emotions can reduce distress, freeing positive emotions from such constraints can enhance religious experience.”

— Gerald L. Clore

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

“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

“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