“Love, though added emotion, is substracted capacity”

“I knew, deep down, that love, though a beautiful beginning, isn't enough. It's the practice of honoring and caring for another that's noble, not the emotion of love itself. The emotion is the easy part.”

“My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first”

“No, it's not a 'corpse thing.' I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning...”

“Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person. It has both emotional and cognitive aspects, involving the ability to tune into the emotions experienced by another.”

“We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger.”