Feelings Quote by Robert Wright

“Many of the physical desires and emotions are akin to those of the lower animals, and in the undeveloped man these desires and emotions…

— Yogi Ramacharaka

As attractive as it is, the idea that nature can exist beyond our dangerous 'instinct for happiness' is never the whole story.

— John Burnside

“We are a species of animal which is bringing about the end of the world we were born into. Not out of evil or…

— A.S. Byatt

“What is there in our nature that is for ever urging us on towards pain and misery? We are not formed for enjoyment; and,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“We are born sensitive and from our birth onwards we are affected in various ways by our environment. As soon as we become conscious…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts that simply do not make evolutionary sense.”

— Richard Dawkins

Amazingly, we take for granted that instinct for survival, fear of death, must separate us from the happiness of pure and uninterpreted experience, in…

— Peter Matthiessen

Deeply buried in the mind, there lies a mechanism that accepts what the mind experiences as beautiful and pleasant and rejects those experiences that…

— Anonymous

“Initially, the positive emotions derived from cultivating our higher natures may be weak, but we can enhance them through constant familiarity, making our experiences…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us…

— Abhijit Naskar

“We are social and political creatures but foremost we are a biological one. Our feelings, sentiments, emotions and attractions are generally because of our…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Clinging to what is dear brings sorrow and fear. Sorrow and fear spring from affection; from indulgence in sensual pleasures; from preoccupation with lustful…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh