top of page
Exlpore more Emotional quotes

"Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on."

"One can find so many pains when the rain is falling."

"The hidden hand of contentment is in the rewards of the gratified. The hidden hand of bliss is in the rewards of the tranquil. The hidden hand of happiness is in the rewards of the elated. The hidden hand of joy is in the rewards of the jubilant."

"Love in fools is better than hate in the wise."

"If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion."

"Love is the greatest drug; joy is the strongest medicine; virtue is the noblest remedy; together, they are the greatest therapy."

"Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles."

"One who loves lives a thousand years in one day, one who hates only lives one day in a thousand years."

"Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions."
Explore more quotes by Emily Post

"Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory."

"Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor."

"To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation."

"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."
bottom of page