John Sterling's Quote - Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or a

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Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or a

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. – John Sterling

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The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. – John Sterling

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Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. – John Sterling

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He stands in history as the completer of the globe. – John Sterling

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Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. – William James

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…that freshness of feeling, that delicate honor which shrinks from wounding even a sentiment… – George Eliot, Adam Bede

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The heart is half a prophet. – Yiddish Proverb

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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. – Andre Gide

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