Doris Lessing Quotes

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

I'm going to fight the force of emotions by that of intellect

For years I used to think that you had to hide your emotions to show that you are strong.

Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, 'Stop that.' Don't show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you.

We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.

I was trained to be very tough. My mom told me I shouldn't cry; I shouldn't be afraid of anything.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.

Having no emotions is the most difficult, to tone it down.

I'm not too big on feelings.

I'm fairly unemotional and tend not to get too excited when things go well and I tend not to get too depressed when they go badly.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

Being a Chaser you are not supposed to show any vulnerability.

In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.

I'm not an emotional person. I don't use the emotion train that much. I just use the happy card.

Don't mistake my tears for weakness.

I don't cry about anything.

I'm mostly a quiet person by nature and don't like letting my emotions come out on the field.

I'm not an emotional fighter.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

I'm an emotional gangster. I cry once every month.