Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.

the life span of any particular emotion is only one and a half minutes. After that we have to revive the emotion and get it going again.

A grown man who can shed tears without embarrassment is like a yogi who has learned to expel toxic matter from his body by consciously speeding up the peristaltic rhythm. He can eliminate many of life's poisons

After years of being taught that the way to deal with painful emotions is to get rid of them, it can take a lot of reschooling to learn to sit with them instead, finding out from those who feel them what they have learned by sleeping in the wilderness that those who sleep in comfortable houses may never know.

Si suprime sus emociones y trata de eliminarlas de su vida, o si las magnifica y permite que lo controlen todo, estará despilfarrando uno de los recursos más preciosos de la vida.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

I have learned to save myself useless emotion.

You have to detach from those emotions — step back from them a little so they don’t control you. You can do that by taking a deep breath and telling yourself to calm down.

An obsession and over-investment in emotions fails us for the simple reason that emotions never last.

The Scroll Marked VI Today I will be master of my emotions.

We’ve all wished at times that we couldn’t feel emotion, because our emotions often drive us to do stupid shit we later regret.

Yes, dear Father. But has it ever occurred to you that by <i>controlling</i> [your feelings] you destroy them? How many times can we say sorry before we don't feel sorry anymore?

Even still, wealth, optimal health, incredible relationships, and deep spiritual maturity are all available to everyone. But there is a price to pay to have these things. The primary obstacle in your way is how you feel about what you need to do. Most people aren’t willing to feel difficult emotions on a regular basis. However, if you’re willing to disregard how you feel in the moment, you’ll have access to a world of opportunity unavailable to 99 percent of the population, who are only concerned about now. When you’re fully committed to something, the negative emotions and experiences along the way are expected. They are even welcomed, because you know rough emotions are the very speed bumps that will stop most people. You also know that those are the very experiences that are purging your old weaknesses. You’re releasing your suppressed emotions and evolving into a new and better person. And very quickly, the experiences that were once emotionally traumatizing become routine and sometimes even pleasant.

Control your thoughts and you can control your emotions. Do you trust me?