Ronald Burkle Quotes

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

I'm not too big on feelings.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel.

I've always been pretty in touch with what I'm feeling.

I'm very big on feeling.

I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.

I'm very sensitive - I'll cry during every movie or commercial - but when it comes to my own feelings, I don't really think about them that much unless I'm making music. Otherwise, I'm either checked out or laughing because that's how I do regular stuff. I have a hard time talking about my feelings.

We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There's no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

I'm very emotional. I do feel stuff, for better or worse.

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

Sometimes it seems like we're closer to our manicurists than we are our own souls. We have to find ways to get in touch with that and to listen to it and to hear it.

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.

I sometimes wish I weren't as logical as I am and I wish I weren't as smart as I am, because I'd be happy.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.