Joseph Roux Quotes

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

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.

We are divided between those who think with their heads and those who know with their heart. Consider Harriet Miers. If you think about Harriet Miers, of course her nomination is absurd. But the President didn't say he thought about his selection. He said this: "I know her heart." Notice how he said nothing about her brain? He didn't have to. He feels the truth about Harriet Miers.

My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talking.

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

I trust people to be human. Sometimes you do things that make amazing amounts of sense; sometimes you do things that don't make any sense whatsoever.

Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason

It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do.

I overthink decisions when I should really trust my heart.

I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.

Emotion is the foundation of reason.

You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.

If your heart tells you something but your mind tells you something else, which do you believe? Both are just as apt to lie. In fact, they play at deceit all the time. Mostly they balance each other, giving us that crucial reality check. But what happens on the rare occasions when they conspire together?

In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.

Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.

Your heart will always tell you what’s working and what’s not.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise Pascal

by taking notice of those feelings and images that seemed to be in my blood and bones rather than in my head, I had found myself able to behave, not less reasonably, but more so. Apparently it was as much a false extreme to try and live by reason alone, leaving the passions out of count, as to ignore reason and put passion in its place as the guiding force of life.

If you are courageous, listen to the heart. If you are a coward, listen to the head.

Trust your heart rather than your head.

Emotions are the curse of logic.