Brene Brown 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.

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

The longer I live, the less I trust ideas, the more I trust emotions.

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 guess I'm pretty emotional.

The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us.

When you're busy blocking out difficult emotions and feelings, you're not going to feel the good stuff, either.

There are really only two options - you can feel things, or you can shut down. But, once you decide to feel things, you don't get to pick and choose what you feel.

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

I am very sensitive and get emotional.

I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things. You're supposed to laugh, you're supposed to cry, you're not supposed to shove your feelings under the rug.

Emotion is the foundation of reason.

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

Don’t panic, I thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. “You mean you can feel happy or sad or—” “Desire.” A barely-there smile.

Emotions are not tools of cognition. They tell you nothing about the nature of reality.

To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.

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.

An emotion is only an emotion. It's just a small part of your whole being. You are much more than your emotion. An emotion comes, stays for a while, and goes away, just like a storm. If you're aware of that, you won't be afraid of your emotions.

The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin' vibrations.

My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all.

Such is human psychology that if we don't express our joy, we soon cease to feel it.

I think that every decision I make in my life is based off of an emotion - and it definitely hurts me in some situations, and helps in some situations, like obviously writing and stuff is my favourite thing to do because I get to use all of my emotions and express them in that way.

Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.

Human rationality depends critically on sophisticated emotionality. It is only because our emotional brain works so well that our reasoning can work at all.