Feelings Quotes – 60 Sayings About Emotions And Sensations

Looking for inspirational quotes about feelings and the best sayings about sensations and states of mind? Then you've come to the right place! Every moment of our day is characterized by emotions and can change our mood - for example, we react to new information with love, joy, sadness, fear, amazement or anger.

However, feelings are much more than just reactions to certain events. They are the most authentic expression of our inner self, our soul and our human values. However, many people find it difficult to express their feelings or even to admit them.

In this article, I would like to give you a collection of the best short wisdoms, aphorisms and quotes about the fascination of the emotional world, which underline why it is so incredibly important to show your feelings. Let's go!

My please: Keep in mind that many of the quotes about feelings have been translated into English from other languages. I cannot guarantee that it is the original quote in each case. Therefore, double check them before you share them. If you like and share any of the quotes in the internet, please link this elaborately created collection. Thank you for your support!

The 60 Best Quotes About Feelings, Sensations And Emotions

Understanding feelings and putting them into words can be a real challenge. You can subtle or overwhelming, fleeting or persistent, sweet or bitter be. In the same way, they can surprise us, hurt us or lead us to ourselves.

The following quotes offer you a deep insight into the world of emotions and feelings. Use them, among other things, also to better understand your own feelings - and also to be able to empathize better with other people.

Emotions Quotes 1 - 10

1. "Nature must be experienced through feeling." (Alexander von Humboldt)
2. "Never play with the feelings of others because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a lifetime." (William Shakespeare)
3. "What a heavenly feeling it is to follow your heart." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
4. "Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind." (Albert Schweitzer)
5. "There hardly is a more exhilarating emotion than to feel that you can be something for another." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
6. "The feeling can be much more subtle than the mind can be perceptive." (Viktor Frankl)
7. "Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart." (C. S. Lewis)
8. "Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul." (Democritus)
9. "The feeling of health can only be gained by sickness." (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
10. "Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor." (Thích Nhất Hạnh)

Emotions Quotes 11 - 20

11. "I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them." (Oscar Wilde)
12. "He who has overcome his fears will truly be free." (Aristotle)
13. "Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for." (Zig Ziglar)
14. "The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood." (Voltaire)
15. "The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love." (Hubert H. Humphrey)
16. "Compassion does not mean that I imagine how I would feel instead of the other person or how he feels. Compassion means that I feel what he feels. Very directly. Inside myself, in my heart." (Safi Nidiaye)
17. "World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion." (Dalai Lama)
18. "Trust is the feeling of being able to believe a person even when you know you would lie if you were in his shoes." (Henry Louis Mencken)
19. "Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom." (Leonardo da Vinci)
20. "The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery." (Charles Darwin)

Tip: Also Animals have feelings. This is one of the Reasons why I live vegan. In the linked article, I'll introduce you to many more motifs and explain what causes the unpleasant feeling of the cognitive dissonance has to do with it.

Emotions Quotes 21 - 30

21. "Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts." (Sigmund Freud)
22. "With a short tail wagging a dog can express more emotion than some people with hours of talk." (Louis Armstrong)
23. "Pity is the cheapest of all human emotions." (Friedrich Hebbel)
24. "There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." (Nelson Mandela)
25. "The habits of our senses have spun us into the lies and deceit of sensation." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
26. "Compassion is never wasted unless you feel sorry for yourself." (Henry Dunant)
27. "The tragedy of too many people is that they cannot allow happiness just to be there; they cannot leave it alone." (Nathaniel Branden)
28. "All human beings will realize that on high mountains, where the air is pure and thin, one breathes more freely and feels lighter and mentally more cheerful." (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
29. "There are no limits, neither to thoughts nor feelings. It’s anxiety that sets limits." (Ingmar Bergman)
30. "It's not about getting the feelings out of your head or hiding them in there, it's about living through them with acceptance." (Carl R. Rogers)

Tip: Many people plague themselves with negative thoughts and feelings on a daily basis. How such a Stop mind carousel you can read in the linked blog post.

Emotions Quotes 31 - 40

31. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." (Helen Keller)
32. "The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words." (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
33. "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." (Mark Twain)
34. "With a short tail wagging a dog can express more emotion than some people with hours of talk." (Louis Armstrong)
35. "What a heavenly sensation it is to follow one's heart." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
36. "Emotions can get in the way or get you on the way." (Mavis Mazhura)
37. "N every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude." (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
38. "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." (Mother Teresa)
39. "To depend on no one, to be the man of one's heart, one's principles, one's feelings: nothing I have seen more rarely." (Nicolas Chamfort)
40. "Finding people who feel for and with us is probably the greatest happiness on earth." (Carl Spitteler)

Tip: I have also given you a separate list of the best Happiness Quotes compiled. Also about feelings like Fears, Dear, Joie de vivre, Compassion, or Optimism or Curiosity you will find inspirational sayings in the blog.

Emotions Quotes 41 - 50

41. "They who do not feel the darkness, will never look for the light." (Henry Thomas Buckle)
42. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance!" (Nicolas Chamfort)
43. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." (Maya Angelou)
44. "Compassion is what makes us a wonderful community." (David Garrick)
45. "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." (Mark Twain)
46. "As long as people think that animals don't feel, animals will have to feel that people don't think." (Unknown)
47. "Our desires presage the capacities within us they are harbingers of what we shall be able to accomplish." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
48. "I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I've never been before." (Bill Bryson)
49. "Be guided by reason, but never hurt the sacred barrier of feeling." (Otto Ludwig)
50. "A man often feels transformed as soon as he is treated humanely." (Eugen Roth)

Emotions Quotes 51 - 60

51. "Perfumes are the feelings of flowers." (Heinrich Heine)
52. "Permanently suppressing feelings is about as successful as pressing a balloon under water." (Harald Berenfänger)
53. "But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem." (Anne Frank)
54. "Time is just an empty space, to which events, thoughts and feelings give content." (Wilhelm von Humboldt)
55. "Youth is unselfish in thought and feelings, so she most deeply feels and understands the truth." (Heinrich Heine)
56. "Isn't it strange? People are far more often ashamed to show feelings than to feign feelings." (Otto White)
57. "Many misunderstandings arise from the fact that thanks are not said, but only felt." (Ernst R. Hauschka)
58. "Under the tears of compassion grows that action which changes the world." (Jim Wallis)
59. "There is only one way to feel good: One must learn to be content with what is given and not always demand what is lacking." (Theodor Fontane)
60. "Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?" (Leo Tolstoy)

Can you think of any other sayings about feelings that are missing from this list? Then always come up with your ideas in the comments!

What are the basic emotions?

Basic emotions are emotions that are assumed to be inherently held and felt by every person from birth. According to Ekman (1982), these include, for example. Fear, joy, anger, sadness, disgust and surprise.

Can you control your emotions?

While one cannot directly and completely control one's own feelings, it is possible to learn how to react to them and process them. This works and other through Mindfulness, emotional intelligence and the conscious control of one's own thoughts and perceptions.

What is the strongest feeling?

It is difficult to determine across the boardwhich is the strongest emotion, as this is subjective and situation-dependent. Often, however, the emotions of the Fear and grief named as particularly strong feelings because overcoming them takes about 240 times more time compared to other feelings (such as shame, surprise, irritation, or boredom), according to a study by the University of Leuven.₁

Using the best sayings about emotions and the emotional world as a source of inspiration

Whether you feel the joy of a successful day, the sadness of a missed opportunity, the anger of an injustice, the love of a wonderful person, or the fear of the unknown, each feeling has its rightful place in your life and makes you unique.

Consider the sayings and wisdom from this collection simply as invitations to emotional self-reflection, acceptance and expression of your emotions. After all, it is emotions that make us human and fill the world with color.

In conclusion, I have here some further articles for you that are directly related to our feelings:

• Treat panic attacks naturally - Here's how!
• Do plants have feelings or not?
• Does veganism lead to a better attitude towards life?
• Stop hate on the net - What everyone can do

Do you have any questions, suggestions or further sayings and aphorisms on the subject of feelings and sensations? Then I look forward to your comment.

Stay Inspired,

PS: I have looked into this in more detail, why good deeds and helping others make us happy. In the linked blog article, you will now next learn the main reasons for this.

References:
₁ University of Leuven (2014): Sadness lasts longer than other emotions, available at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141030133119.htm. [21.06.2023].