Relationship Quote by B Moulton

Humans seem to be programmed to think of ambivalent feelings at the same time. That is the driving force behind human beings: to be…

— RM

Human beings are 'emotional amoral egoists,' driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined…

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

I think obsessions happen because you're trying to understand something or some urge.

— Jim Carrey

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

— Eric Clapton

Emotions aren't just mindless urges; they contain thoughts about matters of importance.

— Martha Nussbaum

Our emotional mind will harness the rational mind to its purposes, for our feelings and reactions-- rationalizations-- justifying them in terms of the present…

— Daniel Goleman

But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have !

— Daniel Goleman

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

— Mary Ellen Mark

“Having our minds sanctified is an ongoing, lifelong process, but absolutely nothing will have a greater harvest in your life. So many people try…

— Beth Moore

Sometimes emotions are more important than rationality.

— Marco Bizzarri

“No matter how much insight and understanding we develop, the rational brain is basically impotent to talk the emotional brain out of its own…

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

In healthy individuals, emotions don't distort rationality, they enhance it!

— Andy Hargreaves