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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.
The heart is half a prophet.
The heart is half a prophet.
Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.
Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
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.
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. read more
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Music is the shorthand of 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.
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, read more
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together