Quotes about Emotions

I see the spectacle of morning from the hill-top over against my house, from day-break to sun-rise, with emotions which an angel might share

Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else's head?

Sorrow makes us all children again[,] destroys all differences of intellect[.] The wisest know nothing[.]

True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels rid of so much earth, and feels its independency the surer.

When you pretend you don't feel hurt or angry or devastated, you're not fooling God. Be honest! Don't misunderstand; I am not encouraging you to be angry at God or to blame him. He deserves no blame. Rather, I am encouraging you to honestly confess to God your feelings of hurt, resentment, and anger. Often we look at suffering from our perspective and forget that God sees from another vantage point.

There is a difference between tears of hope and tears of hopelessness." —Erwin Lutzer

Wonder is that possession of the mind that enchants the emotions, while never surrendering reason.

Time isn't just a fleeting thing. It never moves forward without engraving its mark upon the heart.

Without words life would be inexpressible. Even the best of emotions beg for a verbal expression. That is why the musician reaches not just to the melody but to the romance of language to bring harmony to life.

We have lost the shared meanings of pain, and so the shared meanings of victory become occasions for jealousy.

Feelings follow belief; belief, then, should follow truth.

God is not a place or an eperience or a feeling.