The Laws of Emotion and Meaning Quotes

“Shame and fear are the most potent and universal emotional inhibitors. I cannot experience love if it smacks of the probability of rejection or augurs my inability to sustain it. I cannot experience sufficient interest to achieve my fullest potential if I sense the shame of failure or the risk of harm, deprivation, or isolation.”
― Steven Stosny, The Laws of Emotion and Meaning

“Due to their mental efficiency, habits dominate under stress and when physical resources are low. That makes it hard to maintain change. As soon as you’re tired, stressed, or distracted, the old habit returns.”
― Steven Stosny, The Laws of Emotion and Meaning

“Disconnection of internal reality from external appearance. No one understands us and/or we don’t understand anyone else. Emotions, particularly negative emotions, often feel different on the inside than they look on the outside. Low emotional intelligence. The inability to understand and regulate our own emotions or to read and understand the emotions of others, especially the effects of our behavior on others, spells intimate and social disaster.”
― Steven Stosny, The Laws of Emotion and Meaning