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FEELINGS

"It is really a natural trend or lapse into taking one's self gravely, because it is the easiest thing to do. . . . For solemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter is a leap. It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light. Satan fell by the force of gravity."
• G. K. Chesterton

"What you know in your head will not sustain you in
moments of crisis...confidence comes from body
awareness, knowing what you feel at the moment."
• Marion Woodman

"The poet only desires exaltation and expansion, a world to stretch himself in. The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits."
• G. K. Chesterton

"Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning."
• Eric Allenbaugh
Author of "Wake-Up Calls"

"Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed."
-Michael Pritchard

"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