The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action

The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it.

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it.

The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the read more

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady read more

I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.