Paul Ekman famous quotes

04-17-2025

MOST LIES succeed because no one goes through the work to figure out how to catch them.
-- Paul Ekman

#Lying #Succeed #Figures
The distinction between shame and guilt is very important, since these two emotions may tear a person in opposite directions. The wish to relieve guilt may motivate a confession, but the wish to avoid the humiliation of shame may prevent it.
-- Paul Ekman

#Opposites #Two #Important
If a person feels terrible, it usually should not be shown or acknowledged during a greeting exchange. Instead, the unhappy person is expected to conceal negative feelings, putting on a polite smile to accompany the â€œJust fine, thank you, and how are you?â€ reply to the â€œHow are you today?â€ The true feelings will probably go undetected, not because the smile is such a good mask but because in polite exchanges people rarely care how the other person actually feels.
-- Paul Ekman

#People #Feelings #Unhappy
You were never taught how to talk with your face like you speak with words.
-- Paul Ekman

#Faces #Taught #Speak
Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces And Feelings To Improve Communication And Emotional Life.
-- Paul Ekman

#Communication #Emotional #Feelings
It is our responsibility to learn to become emotionally intelligent. These are skills, theyâ€™re not easy, nature didnâ€™t give them to us - we have to learn them.
-- Paul Ekman

#Responsibility #Intelligent #Skills
People do misinterpret events, especially the meaning of other peopleâ€™s actions and the motives that lead people to act one way or another.
-- Paul Ekman

#People #Way #Events
Smiles are probably the most underrated facial expressions, much more complicated than most people realize. There are dozens of smiles, each differing in appearance and in the message expressed.
-- Paul Ekman

#Expression #People #Dozen
A broken promise is not a lie.
-- Paul Ekman

#Lying #Broken #Promise
No important relationship survives if trust is totally lost.
-- Paul Ekman

#Important #Lost
In some instances, you may care so much about the person who has hurt you, or be so unable to be angry with him (or with anyone), that you rationalize his hurtful acts by finding some basis in your own actions for his hurtful behavior; you then feel guilty rather than angry. Put in other terms, you become angry with yourself rather than with the one who hurt you.
-- Paul Ekman

#Hurt #Care #May

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