Emotional Reactions Quotes

“Think logically, and you have a chance to solve a problem. Reacting emotionally to it prolongs and worsens your dilemma.”
― Stewart Stafford

“A picture will leave me unmoved if I don't take time with it, but if I stop, and let myself get a little lost, there's no telling what might happen”
― James Elkins, Pictures and Tears

“p 16 ...although our limbic system [eg. attention, fear, rage....] functions throughout our lifetime, it does not mature. As a result, when our emotional "buttons" are pushed, we retain the ability to react to incoming stimulation as though we were a two-year-old, even when we are adults.”
― Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey