"The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason." ~ Mayra Mannes
Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential-- and is acquired only after a very long experience. ~ Paul Cézanne
The longer I live, the less I trust ideas, the more I trust emotions. ~ Louis Malle
I try to see the dark and light in everything. This is my way of comforting myself when I am dealing with those emotions. ~ Francesca Lia Block
Our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel. ~ Elias L. Magoon
There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion. ~ Carl Jung
Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint -- like a heartbeat. And pure love -- why some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there. ~ Erma Bombeck
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
At first when I realized I was a romantic, I was sort of shocked and shamed. But it is true... that the material I work most with is emotion. ~ Albert Paley
No emotion is the final one. ~ Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit