Quotation
Quote by John M. MacEachran
We should endeavour to get away from a very costly form of sentiment.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker urges people to make an effort to move away from an emotional attitude that comes at a high cost. “Costly” may refer to money, effort, harm, or other serious consequences; the quote does not specify which. The main point is that sentiment should not be allowed to impose such a burden.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Athabasca University Press, Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics
- Format
- Article
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
“That’s what art is supposed to do—art makes people feel less alone, in their joy or their struggle or their pain.”
“I challenge all my fellow journalists to actually move with their hearts more often.”
“I can never fake it. My heart has to be in everything I do.”
“In any civilised society, the cultural landscape is our emotional scaffolding.”
“Cuando la película tiene un mensaje, cuando tiene corazón o te hace sentir algo, te la llevas contigo y la amas mucho más que si solo fuera risas.”
“I hope I’m remembered as a musician who tried his best to share – to share emotions, to write the soundtrack of people’s inner lives.”
“I meant to represent her, as a human being, loving virtue while enslaved by passion.”
Read quote“Embrace your frustration, your fears, because that's what makes life interesting.”
“I feel things deeply. I get angry, I shout at the TV, I feel sick.”
“Art also is a kind of language – but it’s a language of feeling.”
A Riddle for the Rainstairs
Beni leaves paper clues beside a shadowed stairwell, hoping someone will notice. When younger children struggle to follow them, he changes the trail—and discovers a better way to invite people in.
Read Story