Emotion quotes
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"Be present as the watcher of your mind - of your thoughts and emotions as well as your reactions in various situations. Be at least as interested in your reactions as in the situation or person that causes you to react."
"Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet"
"My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature."
"I do consider even going to prostitutes, or seeing a hooker or an escort, as having an emotional component, even if it's not an emotion necessarily in the relationship. Even if you are paying in order to absolve yourself of any emotional involvement. That's the paradox."
"Use no word that under stress of emotion you could not actually say."
"The more awesome you are, the more emotion you create, the more viral it is."
"The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency."
"Leaders tap into the emotions of their people by getting excited themselves"
"Your thoughts, vividly imagined and repeated, charged with emotion, become your reality."
"I felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness."
"My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me."
"In poetry, only emotion endures."
"And always remember the ultimate truth: life is not about money, it's about emotion."
"Love is an emotion. Totally silent and inexpressible with words."
"Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth."
"An emotion is only an emotion. It's just a small part of your whole being. You are much more than your emotion. An emotion comes, stays for a while, and goes away, just like a storm. If you're aware of that, you won't be afraid of your emotions."
"I don't think of the note in technical terms. I sing the emotion that I am feeling."
"Keep your exclamation points under control!"
"What I love about doing musical work is that it heightens the emotion."
"If you realize that the ultimate happiness for all depends not on disorder of the emotions for either sex, but in harmonizing the emotions, all the problems will vanish."
