Emotional Richness Quotes

True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.

Life consists of sadness too. And sadness is also beautiful; it has its own depth, its own delicacy, its own deliciousness, its own taste. A man is poorer if he has not known sadness; he is impoverished, very much impoverished. His laughter will be shallow, his laughter will not have depth, because depth comes only through sadness. A man who knows sadness, if he laughs, his laughter will have depth. His laughter will have something of his sadness too, his laughter will be more colorful.

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

Who, being loved, is poor?

If you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart.

...he said, with sort of a little derisive smile, "How can you walk down the street with all this stuff going on inside you?" I said, "I don't know how you can walk down the street with nothing going on inside you.

I have a rich, full, textured life.

My heart resembles the ocean; has storm, and ebb and flow; and many a beautiful pearl lies hid in its depths below.

She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.

I feel so rich in my emotions and in my life and so grateful when I'm home and so grateful when I'm at work.

And how can it be he's so in love with me? To grow up without love, and still have so much inside?

Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.

There is no wealth but love.

At the end of your life, it's friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what's in your bank account. So, even though people don't have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that.

Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.

Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that are very emotionally rich that mean a lot to you, and people just get kind of tired.

I was born rich. Not in tangible things... but rich in the parents I had.

I think there's an appetite for seriousness. Seriousness is voluptuous, and very few people have allowed themselves the luxury of it.

We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet.