Complaints Quote by Pema Chodron

Sentimentality is a basking in feelings that in reality you don't take seriously enough to make the slightest sacrifice to or ever translate into…

— Hermann Hesse

Do we want to feel better or do we want to be effective? Are we sentimentalists or are we warriors?

— Lierre Keith

Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling.

— Mason Cooley

Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning…

— J. C. Ryle

The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior. It is of no use to be sad and complain…

— Carlos Castaneda

Although the warrior's life is dedicated to helping others, he realizes that he will never be able to completely share his experience with others...Yet…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

— D. H. Lawrence

Gratitude and treachery are merely the two extremities of the same procession. You have seen all of it that is worth staying for when…

— Mark Twain

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that,…

— Andre Maurois

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way…

— Sue Grafton

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize…

— William S. Burroughs

Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an…

— Max Anders