Attention without feeling is only a report.

Knowing without feeling is like a menu without a meal.

emotionless tone hurting as much as the news

Ironically, the key to an emotional discussion is to take the emotion out of it.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

For when the soul is deprived of emotion, what difference is there — I do not say between man and the beasts of the field, but between man and a stock or a stone, or any such thing?

Experiences that don’t involve touching, seeing, or feeling actual results, such as being presented with an abstract sheet of numbers, are shown to be non-impactful and easily forgotten.

Sentiment is an echo of violence. It's not really a vital expression.

Remember, the goal is to take emotion out of investing because emotion is what so often destroys investing success,

If you spent more time observing than reacting, you would start to notice how the absence of reaction also means the absence of tension. The absence of reaction is essentially a profound ability to let go.

It is passivity that dulls feeling.

Beauty without expression is boring.

During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered.

[M]ost of our daily news is inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action. (68).