Quotes about Temperament

In the study of Christian spirituality, real contemplation is actually an experience with a beginning and an end that Christians pass through. Contemplation is not generally considered a life-state that one exists in, so I'm adapting the word somewhat when I use it as a label for a spiritual temperament.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings.

People who flush easily become even more agitated when they feel themselves getting hot under the collar, and they quickly lose to their opponents.

he was a likable man: sweet-tempered, ready-witted, frank, without grins of suppressed bitterness or other conversational flavors which make half of us an affliction to our friends.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Food is important in working out a character. How she eats is a window into her temperament. If I think she likes her food, I'll put on a few pounds, or lose a few if she lives on her nerves.

Because in my nature I have always run to pie, whilst in his nature he has always run to mystery.

The Altitude of a person depends upon his attitude

I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to feel rapturously that the world is beautiful and mere existence something to thank God for. I suppose our 'blues' are the price we have to pay for our temperament. 'The gods don't allow us to be in their debt.' They give us sensitiveness to beauty in all its forms but the shadow of the gift goes with it.

Some people are naturally good, you know, and others are not. I'm one of the others.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry