True strength Quote by Brandon Sanderson

“A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to…

— Brandon Sanderson

“A real person, profoundly as we may sympathize with him, is in a great measure perceptible only through our senses, that is to say,…

— Marcel Proust

“It's okay to feel emotions. It's part of life. It's one of the many things that is Ravia's guidance. Everyone goes through strife, through…

— Jennifer West

Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man…

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

Sadness diminishes a man's powers

— Baruch Spinoza

“To be comfortable inside one’s sadness is not valueless. This too will pass. All things tend towards transience, mutability. It is in such mindful…

— Sarah Hall

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken…

— Emile Durkheim

“It's not a crime to feel sad, down or depressed. Moving through difficult feelings is an essential part of living life authentically. Though society…

— Jaeda DeWalt

“Loss of any sort should stir up emotion; if it doesn’t, it’s because we’ve trained ourselves to be numb. We’ve bought into the great…

— Natalie Brenner

“Sometimes a man can be a lot like a farm. He lets his heart lay fallow for a while, and instead of his feelings…

— Linda Kage

“And someone who has never felt it can never understand what the absence of emotion feels like. It is a hopelessness of incomprehensible, unspeakable…

— Karen Fortunati

I know our feelings can be so unbearable that we employ ingenious strategies – unconscious strategies – to keep those feelings away. We do…

— Jeanette Winterson