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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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Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. – John Sterling

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It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves… have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all. – Joseph Conrad

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. – Mark Twain

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How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling. – Claude Debussy

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The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. – Albert Einstein

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