Emotions Quote by Alice Miller Download Open image ““True emotional understanding has nothing to do with cheap sentimental pity.”” — Alice Miller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Emotions Feeling sorry for yourself Learning Pity Pity party Self -awareness Self compassion Understanding yourself
“Pity is such an awful, useless emotion- you have to bottle it up and keep it to yourself.The moment you try to express it,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“ 'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.' ” — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“So true it is, and so terrible too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affections;… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“I’ve never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion. We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
“We can feel damaged and sad and mad and know that it doesn’t make us any less worthy than when we didn’t feel that… — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
“Pity is an emotion that should have never been created. Pity was strong and could break the backs of people fighting for survival and… — Elizabeth Isaacs Copy Share Image
“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves, or know… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“Even if one ultimately risks losing all contact with oneself and merely functioning as a mask, an "as if" personality, there are always drugs,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“Thus he spent his whole life searching for his own truth, but it remained hidden to him because he had learned at a very… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“Most people do exactly the opposite. Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about their history.… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding. — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually has the… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
The child has a primary need to be regarded and respected as the person he really is at any given time, and as the… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
For some years now, there has been proof that the devastating effects of the traumatization of children take their inevitable tollon society--a fact that… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
On stage, you can bring all those strong emotions that you don't have the opportunity to live. You don't want to die for love… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
You will never fully understand how much you mean to me, because there are no amount of words that can begin to describe my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't wanna be with you. It's a complicated emotion. — Marlin Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
Instead of asking a girl how she feels, try looking through her recently listened to songs. The lyrics are the answer to all your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When love carries us away on its brittle wings, we are too intoxicated to comprehend its power. We just want to soar and feel… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
God, help me to focus on Truth instead of the trial. Help me to give thanks instead of giving into fear. Help me to… — Whitney Daugherty Copy Share Image
I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
