Søren Kierkegaard on emotion

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid.

To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Samuel Adams1722–1803Letter to Samuel Cooper (30 April 1776)

I am very conscious of the fact that our feelings and strivings are often contradictory and obscure and that they cannot be expressed in easy and simple formulas.

Albert Einstein1879–1955Why Socialism? (1949)

Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth.

Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Contarini Fleming (1832), Part 1, Chapter 13