Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.
—Martha Beck (b.1962) American Sociologist, Life Coach
When you’re feeling terrific, notify your face.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940–2021) American Author of “Life’s Little Instruction Book”
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
—George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist
When the senses contact sense objects, a person experiences cold or heat, pleasure or pain. These experiences are fleeting they come and go. Bear them patiently.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American Head of State
Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.
—David Hare (b.1947) English Dramatist, Director, Film-Maker
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
—Denis Diderot (1713–84) French Philosopher, Writer
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.
—Unknown
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.
—John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940) Scottish Novelist, Politician, Diplomat
The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
—Vincent van Gogh (1853–90) Dutch Painter
The heart of man is older than his head. The first-born is sensitive, but blind—his younger brother has a cold, but all-comprehensive glance. The blind must consent to be led by the clear sighted, if he would avoid falling.
—Friedrich Wilhelm Ziegler (1758–1827) German Actor, Dramatist
In as much as love grows in you,
so in you beauty grows.
For love
is the beauty of the soul.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
The gift of friendship… a willingness to listen… a pair of helping hands… a whisper from the heart. That someone cares and understands.
—Indian Proverb
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds.
—Robert Cialdini (b.1945) American Social Psychologist
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902) British Victorian Novelist, Essayist, Critic
What’s so remarkable about Love at first sight? It’s when people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes remarkable.
—Indian Proverb
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
—Samuel Adams (1722–1803) American Founding Father
If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap. If you want happiness for a day—go fishing. If you want happiness for a month—get married. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else.
—Chinese Proverb
Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.
—Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Austrian Psychiatrist
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
—Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American Novelist, Human Rights Activist
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
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