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In youth the life of reason is not in itself sufficient; afterwards the life of emotion, except for short periods, becomes unbearable. — Cyril Connolly
I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us, such as is apt to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose. — Alfred North Whitehead
The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of… — Anatole France
One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life. — Paul Tillich
Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape. — Mary Tyler Moore
Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how… — Matthieu Ricard
The word happiness is used to indicate at least three related things, which we might roughly call emotional happiness, moral happiness, and judgmental happiness. — Daniel Gilbert
The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations… — Carol Bellamy
Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, 'No, you lied to me. Goodbye.' When… — Lorrie Moore
Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons… — Lionel Trilling
It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your… — Scottie Pippen
All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny. — William James
The cat has complete emotional honesty - an attribute not often found in humans. — Ernest Hemingway
This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness — Charles R. Swindoll
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair. — Euripides
By tuning in to your minute-to-minute stream of consciousness, you discover the addictions that make you worried, anxious, resentful, uptight, afraid, angry, bored, etc. You… — Ken Keyes Jr.
You can make really effective changes when your consciousness is free of emotional turmoil. — Ken Keyes Jr.
Acceptance doesn't mean that you've resigned yourself to live the rest of your life with a particular person, or in a particular situation. It just… — Ken Keyes Jr.
The outside conditions of your life do not make you feel either secure or insecure. One person may feel secure with practically no money at… — Ken Keyes Jr.
I went in and said, "If I see one more gratuitous shot of a woman's body, I'm quitting . . . " I think the… — David Hasselhoff
Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic. — Alan Price
Emotional Literacy means being able to recognise what you are feeling, so that it doesn't interfere with thinking. It becomes another dimension to draw upon… — Susie Orbach
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the… — Robert Anton Wilson

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