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• Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that can assault you in disease.

  Norman Cousins

  Happiness, Laughter, Block

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• The beautiful thing about music is that even so-called negative emotions like anger, sadness, frustration, when they come through the filter of music, they all become beautiful.

  Hiromi

  Beautiful, Sadness, Frustration

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• You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Tired, Somewhere Else, People

  "Are You Happy Now?". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. February 10, 2005.

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• Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a time in the future when we'll be ceaselessly happy and never have to fear negative emotions again. But in chasing all that, we close down the very faculties that permit the happiness we crave.

  Oliver Burkeman

  Positive Thinking, Knowing, Safety

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• I don't feel negative emotions. I feel calm, composed and ready. And as it goes on I get better at it. By the time the fight is on, I don't feel any emotions at all.

  Conor McGregor

  Fighting, Mma, Get Better

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• I began studying human emotions more than twenty years ago. At that time, almost every scientist working in this area was studying one of the negative emotions, like fear, anger, anxiety, or depression. I wondered why no scientists cared to explain why we humans sometimes feel upbeat and pleasant. I liked the idea of charting new terrain. It's been a fun intellectual puzzle. There's so much to discover!

  Barbara Fredrickson

  Fun, Years, Ideas

  "Barbara Fredrickson Talks About…". Interview with Seph Fontane Pennock, positivepsychologynews.com. January 20, 2015.

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• Understand that all emotions serve you. Those you once thought of as negative emotions are merely calls to action. For example, if you feel frustrated it means that you believe things could be better, and they're not. This is a call to action telling you there's something you must do to make this better now. This "negative" emotion is actually a gift if you use it effectively.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Believe, Mean

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• Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Past, Feel Good, Feelings

  Danielle LaPorte (2014). “The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul”, p.32, Sounds True

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• Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

  Napoleon Hill

  Mind, Negative, Emotion

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.183, Penguin

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• Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions

  A. R. Rahman

  Hatred, Negative, Different

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• Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. So if, from perhaps some unhealthy desire for sympathetic support, you describe your life in negative terms you will find that this will reinforce your mind's negative emotions and make you unhappy and even more susceptible to feeling unhappy in the future. By simply doing the reverse and focusing on why you are lucky and grateful things are not worse, you will strengthen and increase your mind's positive emotions and make yourself happy and even more likely to feel happy in the future.

  Benjamin Lee Whorf

  Gratitude, Grateful, Support You

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• This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative emotions.

  Paul Brunton

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Luxury

  Paul Brunton (1986). “The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Practices for the Quest; Relax and Retreat”, Larson Publication

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• Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more.

  Ahmed Kathrada

  Revenge, Hatred, Suffering

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• Gratitude is the key to happiness. When gratitude is practiced regularly and from the heart, it leads to a richer, fuller and more complete life... It is impossible to bring more abundance into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you already have. Why? Because the thoughts and feelings you emit as you feel ungrateful are negative emotions and they will attract more of those feelings and events into your life.

  Vishen Lakhiani

  Gratitude, Heart, Keys

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• Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.

  Marilu Henner

  Vegetables, Energy, Negative

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• Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

  Dalai Lama

  Self, Discipline, Negative

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• By staying active & learning to control negative emotions and thoughts, you can live out the rest of your life on a good note.

  Jude Bijou

  Negative, Rest Of Your Life, Emotion

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• People with higher ratios of positive to negative emotions are more likely to flourish in life.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  People, Negative, Ratios

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• If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.

  Esther Hicks

  Motivational, Encouragement, Eye

  Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (2009). “The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham”, p.194, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Everywhere we turn, we see violence and hate and prejudice and anger and all of these negative emotions that are destroying humanity. And we have to wake up and take note of this and try to change our course, so that we can create a world of peace and harmony where future generations can live happily together.

  Arun Manilal Gandhi

  Peace, Hate, Future

  "Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 8, 2006.

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• The three most harmful negative emotions are anger, guilt, and fear. And anger is number one. It is also the strongest and most dangerous of all passions.

  Joyce Meyer

  Passion, Numbers, Guilt

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• An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.

  Brandon Mull

  Feelings, Normal, Negative

  Brandon Mull (2008). “Rise of the Evening Star”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

  Simon Sinek

  Dark, People, Expectations

  "Sharing Information Is Part Of Leadership: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

  Dalai Lama

  Faith, Overcoming, Negative

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• I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a zoo, a farm animal or a pet, is to base animal welfare programs on the core emotion systems in the brain. My theory is that the environment animals live in should activate their positive emotions as much as possible, and not activate their negative emotions any more than necessary. If we get the animal's emotions rights, we will have fewer problem behaviors... All animals and people have the same core emotion systems in the brain.

  Temple Grandin

  Zoos, Believe, Animal

  Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson (2010). “Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals”, p.3, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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