quotes – swissmiss
“trust your heart” and “listen to your head”—and they insist you need to do both.
Karl Pillemer • 30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage
logical analysis and the depth perception of emotional intelligence. Learning to dance with both
Matthew Denman • The Altruistic Renegade
We don’t need a second brain, we need a second heart. We need more soul.
jad • On many things.
“Thinking gets you nowhere.”34 This comes as a rather startling statement from a fiercely analytical young thinker. She continues, “You shouldn’t live on your brains alone but on deeper, more abiding sources, though you should gratefully accept your brains as a precious tool for delving into what problems your soul brings forth.”35
Martin Laird • An Ocean of Light: Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation
our brains use a combination of knowledge (logical thinking) and intuitive, emotional wisdom to interpret and, when required, devise a course of action and behavior in response to what has happened, and the emotions felt.