The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
Genuine happiness comes from within and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.
I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.
When you sing with a group of people you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy the great social virtue.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
The fact is that people are good Give people affection and security and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness you have good manners no matter what fork you use.
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood the esprit de corps the focus - there being no past or future just the ball. As trite as it sounds I was happiest playing ball.
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction obviously but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.
But as I was saying from my experiences I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless I always prefer a friendship first and foremost.
China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me.
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.
I'm completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music.