Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes

And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there are positive and negative aspects to all of these.

If we are to feel the positive feelings of love, happiness, trust, and gratitude, we periodically also have to feel anger, sadness, fear, and sorrow.

We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

I find the reality of our emotional lives interesting.

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.

I want to explore the range of emotions it is possible to feel.

We're humans, and we're moved by emotions.

Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, 'Today I am not very happy, because I lost my temper this morning.'

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

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

I truly have come to believe that there are only two states of being that generate our thoughts: LOVE or FEAR.

Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.

I am learning how to be angry and sad and lonely and joyful and excited and afraid and happy.

Everything makes me angry, unless it makes me sad.

Your present negative beliefs were formed by thought PLUS feelings. Generate enough emotion, or deep feeling and your new thoughts and ideas will cancel them out.

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.

We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.

If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.