“Control your emotion or it will control you,” teaches a Samurai maxim. Page 3 of
Emotion follows that thread into the deeper currents of the heart, where love and
fear shape the stories we tell ourselves. From David Kessler’s reflection on the two
root emotions to LeVar Burton and Winston Churchill
describing emotions as catalysts for growth and courage, these quotations invite you to notice what rises in
you, and to meet it with awareness.
“Deep down, at our core, there are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive emotions come from love, all negative emotions from fear. From love flows happiness, contentment, peace, and joy. From fear comes anger, hate, anxiety, and guilt.” ~ David Kessler, Life Lessons
“Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.” ~ Richard Gere
“Cherish your emotions and never undervalue them.” ~ Robert Henri
“Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage, and death.” ~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
“After many years of training myself, strong emotions are now a trigger for me to look at something. I think that all emotions are triggers for us to grow in our level of consciousness.” ~ LeVar Burton
“Allow motion to equal emotion.” ~ Elbert G. Hubbard
“Your emotional life is constantly under construction; make a punch list of items you need to improve and start crossing them off as you accomplish them.” ~ Jeffrey A. Wands, Knock and the Door Will Open
“An emotion ceases to be a passion as soon as we form a clear and distinct idea of it.” ~ Benedict De Spinoza
“Ask yourself, ‘Am I working with passion and emotion or simply going through the motions?’” ~ Michael Lermer
“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.” ~ Winston Churchill
“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” ~ Pablo Picasso