Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it. ~Vincent Van Gogh; 1889


To give vent now and then to his feelings; whether of pleasure or discontent; is a great ease to a man's heart. ~Francesco Guicciardini


As none can see the wind but in its effects on the trees; neither can we see the emotions but in their effects on the face and body. ~Nathaniel LeTonnerre; translated


Sadness flowers to the next renewing joy. ~Jareb Teague


Feelings are much like waves; we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ~Jonatan M?rtensson


The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. ~Albert Einstein


"Men are no more immune from emotions than women; we think women are more emotional because the culture lets them give free vent to certain feelings; ""feminine"" ones; that is; no anger please; but it's okay to turn on the waterworks. ~Una Stannard"


When dealing with people; remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic; but creatures of emotion. ~Dale Carnegie


But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better; and do they not develop us more; than if we kept systematically away from emotions?? ~Vincent Van Gogh


Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. ~Andre Gide


How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling. ~Claude Debussy


The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ~Jim Rohn


Any emotion; if it is sincere; is involuntary. ~Mark Twain


One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go; when one yields - even to sadness. ~Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry; Southern Mail; 1929; translated from French by Curtis Cate


Emotion turning back on itself; and not leading on to thought or action; is the element of madness. ~John Sterling


The feeling is often the deeper truth; the opinion the more superficial one. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare; Guesses at Truth; by Two Brothers; 1827