Os Guinness Quotes

For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when emotions hold sway.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.

Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.

Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them

If I can make you unhappy, then I can make you happy as well.

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

In this world, man has two significant possessions: intelligence and emotion. These two possessions govern our day-to-day life. But very often we see that emotion (ego) gets the upper hand in our life. We know that even if someone is extremely intelligent, when his emotion comes to the fore it will devour him. He is compelled to do what his emotion asks him to do.

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

If you're fighting with emotion instead of structure... it's always going to be a mistake.

Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination.

Ride your emotions as the shallop rides the waves; don't get upset among them. There are people who enjoy getting swamped emotionally, just as, incredibly, there are people who enjoy getting drunk.

The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.

Having no emotions is the most difficult, to tone it down.

Diego Costa doesn't show any emotion. I am more emotional. So I have learned to control my emotions.

There will never come a time when I will be able to resist my emotions.

The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.

Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

You'll have to learn to control your emotions. They're new, like achild's now, bursting with passion. Never let them fade, or part of you will die. But they cal also destroy you. Hold them dear, but don't let them take hold of you.

Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

I'm very careful with my emotions, and I don't let them run free. If I'm upset, it's usually for a very good, very deep reason.