"To feel is amiable; but to feel
too keenly is injurious both to mind and body; and a habit of giving way to
sensibility, which we should endeavor to regulate, though not to eradicate, may
end in a morbid weakness of mind, which may appear to romantic persons very
gentle and very interesting, but will undoubtedly render its victims very
useless in society. Our feelings were given to us to excite to action, and when
they end in themselves, they are impressed to no one good purpose that I know
of." Bishop Sandford, photo found on playbuzz.com.
I have to watch out for this, sometimes I get nearly paralyzed by sentimentalism and the like; I like his conclusion that, "that feelings were given to us to excite action.."
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