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FEELINGS
"Children
need systems that are inclusive and driven by them,
systems that will enable them to respond to their
feelings and needs at any time."
-- Jeroo
Billimoria
*
One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing
that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending
hunger in America is a goal that is literally within
our grasp.
-- Jeff
Bridges
*
You
cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel,
but you can make yourself do right in spite of your
feelings.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
There
is a boundary to men's passions when they act from
feelings; but none when they are under the influence
of imagination.
-- Edmund Burke
Family
is the first social unit for developing the qualities
of the heart. A true family grows and moves through
life together, inseparable in the heart. Whether a
biological family or an extended family of people
attracted to each other based on heart resonance and
mutual support, the word "family" implies warmth,
a place where the core feelings of the heart are nurtured.
Family values represent the core values and guidelines
that parents and family members hold in high regard
for the well-being of the family. Sincere family feelings
are core heart feelings. They are the basis for true
family values. While we have differences, we remain
"family" by virtue of our heart connection. Family
provides necessary security and support, and acts
as a buffer against external problems. A family made
up of secure people generates a magnetic power that
can get things done. They are the hope for real security
in a stressful world.
-- Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution
*
Most
of what we take as being important is not material,
whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things
we can't really see or touch. They're not material,
but they're vitally important to us.
--
Judy
Collins
*
Simplicity
is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires,
feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital...”
- The
Dalai Lama
The
freedom to be at peace in our own skins - that’s what
forgiveness allows. We relinquish this freedom when
we hold onto anger and resentment. Enormous amounts
of energy are wasted when we hold back our love, hold
onto hate, and harbor acrimonious feelings. The only
remedy is letting go, and being willing to forgive.
-- Naomi
Drew
By
banishing doubt and trusting your intuitive feelings, you
clear a space for the power of intention to flow through.
- Wayne Dyer
A
human being is a part of the whole, called by us,
"Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences
himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated
from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his
consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for
us, restricting us to our personal desires and to
affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task
must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening
our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able
to achieve this completely, but the striving for such
achievement is in itself a part of the liberation
and a foundation for inner security -- Albert
Einstein
When
faced with world problems – like hunger, overpopulation,
nuclear weapons, the arms trade – you may be among
those who are overwhelmed by a feeling of “Help! What
on earth can I, just one person, do about this?” Take
heart. That’s a sane response. It’s the basis for
a whole new attitude to world problems, where change
at the level of the individual is more and more recognised
as essential to change in huge world systems.
-- Scilla
Elworthy
"Forgiving
is an act of mercy toward an offender. We are no longer
controlled by angry feelings toward this person."
-- Robert D. Enright
*
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you
friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I
feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest
Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together
for unity and love.”
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
*
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you
friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I
feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest
Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together
for unity and love.”
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
I
have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.
-- DeForest Kelley
We're
finally learning that it is not an either-or situation
... Feelings and learning and emotion are all very
integral to each other."
~ Linda
Lantieri
*
"Let us at all times remember that all American citizens
are brothers of a common country, and should dwell
together in bonds of fraternal feeling."
-- Abraham
Lincoln
“What
is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a
way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even
when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact
is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the
intent behind the words. When we intend to do good,
we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each
of us must come to realize is that our intent always
comes through. We cannot sugarcoat the feelings in our
heart of hearts. The emotion is the energy that motivates.
We cannot ignore what we really want to create. We should
be honest and do it the way we feel it. What we owe
to ourselves and everyone around is to examine the reasons
of our true intent. My intent will be evident in the
results.”
-- Thurgood
Marshall
Self-actualizing
people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy,
and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship
and connection, as if all people were members of a single
family.
--Abraham Maslow
*
"...
plain, old, simple kindness: to other people, to your
family. Love for other people. I think that’s another
very important part of morality, being genuinely compassionate
and concerned about the feelings and well being of
other people, especially those that depend on you
directly."
-- George
McGovern
"You
are uniquely you.
It is okay for you to be who you are. It is certainly
okay for you to be yourself. A living, breathing human
being with feelings." "
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
"Be
willing to bring bad feelings to the light of day.
Expose them for what they are. They are only feelings
after all."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
"One
you get a handle on your feelings, life becomes much
easier. Remember you don't have to keep on doing the
old same-o, same-o bad feelings."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
"Resisting
feeling your emotions is like feeding them and then
bottling them up. Emotions can grow fatter and fatter
if they aren’t let out in safe ways. If you aren’t
aware of your feelings, you can act them out in harmful
ways. Or you can act them in and become depressed."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
"I
feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer
a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead--peace. I
return without fearing prejudice that once bothered
me . . . for I know that people practice cruel bigotry
in their ignorance, not maliciously"
-- Paul
Robeson
*
Nobody
can make you feel inferior without your consent.
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
*
"It seems to me of great importance to teach children
respect for life. Towards this end, experiments
on living animals in classrooms should be stopped.
To encourage cruelty in the name of science can
only destroy the finer emotions of affection and
sympathy, and breed an unfeeling callousness in
the young towards suffering in all living creatures."
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
*
"It seems to me of great importance to teach children
respect for life."
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
*
When
we hear the other person's feelings and needs, we
recognize our common humanity.
-- Marshall
Rosenberg
Whatever
system of governance is eventually adopted, it is important
that it carries the people with it. We need to convey
the message that safeguarding our common property, humankind,
will require developing in each of us a new loyalty:
a loyalty to mankind. It calls for the nurturing of
a feeling of belonging to the human race. We have to
become world citizens.
-- Joseph
Rotblat
“No
man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings
of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine
desire to impart to them what he believes to be
of value.” -- Bertrand
Russell
Feelings
of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual
differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication
is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere
that is found in a nurturing family.
-- Virginia Satir
Learning
to let things go and forgive isn't always easy, but
when we truly forgive, it helps foster better health,
better relationships, a deeper sense of purpose and
self worth and a feeling of connection to others.
-- Robert
Alan Silverstein
Conflicts
are a normal part of life; how we deal with them can make
a big difference. Often when people resolve conflicts, one
person ends up a winner, and one loses out. This may solve
the problem for the moment, but resentment and bad feelings
can cause more problems later. Another way to look at conflicts
is to try to find a WIN-WIN solution, a compromise in which
both sides can benefit. In this way, conflicts are turned
into opportunities to grow and make things better. This
approach is the cornerstone of "conflict resolution" - an
important tool for bringing peace into our personal lives,
our communities and to our world.
-- Robert
Alan Silverstein
I
don't have any understanding of a human being who
doesn't respect the beauty of life and that goes for
all creatures that have thoughts, feelings and needs.
-- Alicia
Silverstone
"There
is much suffering in the world - physical, material,
mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the
greed of others. The material and physical suffering
is suffering from hunger, from homelessness, from
all kinds of diseases. But the greatest suffering
is being lonely, feeling unloved, having no one. I
have come more and more to realize that it is being
unwanted that is the worst disease that any human
being can ever experience."
-- Mother
Teresa
"The
more I read and the more I talked to other parents of children
with disabilities and normal children, the more I found
that feelings and emotions about children are very much
the same in all families. The accident of illness or disability
serves only to intensify feelings and emotions, not to change
them."
-- Judith Weatherly
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