#motions

In some cases, I am able to respect what so many call bigots. Such people have a more solid foundation for drawing their lines when it comes to the security of their ways and quite possibly the security of mankind. They rely on something that has worked to get man this far without placing ideals blindly driven by emotion first; they have a sure line and they say, 'No.' That, in a sense, is something I find to be highly respectable. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bigotry #certainty #conviction #culture #emotions

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#science #science

She felt whatever emotions she felt, but feeling was never a useful substitute for doing, and she never let the former get in the way of the latter. If anything, she used her emotions to motivate her and help her concentrate. The emphasis for her was always on doing what needed to be done. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#emotions #life

You don’t get one chance at life but many over one lifetime. ↗

— Elize Amornette

#elize-amornette #elize-amornette-author #private-emotions-trilogy #romance-book #romance-novel-books

You've got to hide your love away. You can't just hide your feelings. You have to destroy them. Kill them before they kill you. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#emotions #love #love

Ah, yes. That. The sin of being happy or excited. According to my father, we must guard carefully against such things. According to my father, these emotions are the equivalent of dancing on out fifth-floor window ledge. Clearly inviting a nasty fall. ↗

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

#emotions #excited #fall #happy #love

Of necessity she went further in aversion than she had gone in love, for her hatred was not in proportion to her love but to her disappointed hopes. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#hope #hopelessnes #love #love

I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack ↗

— Nina Jean Slack

#authors #emotional #emotions #love #words

O how can wicked men seem so steady and untouched with such black hearts, while poor innocents stand like malefactors before them! ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#evil-people #innocence #men

Nowadays, emotions and weapons never wins u anything, not even a battle. Thesdays its keen observations and wise strategy that trimphs. People your warlike nature can be your biggest weakness. ↗

— Samima Shah

#war #weakness #wisdom #wise-words #nature