"We live life [as though] it’s business. Even our social life is lived as business, for nearly everyone. There’s a real cost to our emotional life. I think most people would like to be able to better understand why they’re getting emotional and how to have their emotions be more constructive for themselves and others. The system didn’t evolve for us to be able to do that very easily. It takes a lot of work. But it is achievable, if you want to spend the time."

- Paul Ekman Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, part 5