Paul Ekman

"The eyes reveal what the lips attempt to conceal."

"Emotional literacy is more valuable than intelligence quotient in predicting life satisfaction."

"Disgust is both a physical and moral emotion that protects us from harm."

"Every human being possesses the capacity to feel all seven universal emotions."

"The study of how people lie through their faces has applications in security, psychology, and justice."

"Suppressing emotions does not eliminate them; it only delays and intensifies them."

"A face that shows no emotion is itself communicating a message."

"Jealousy and envy operate on different emotional frequencies within human relationships."

"The temporal placement of facial expressions reveals the authenticity of emotional expression."

"Teaching children to recognize emotions early leads to better emotional regulation in adulthood."

"Shame differs from guilt in that shame attacks the self, while guilt attacks the behavior."

"The face remembers what words forget."

"Emotional congruence between speaker and listener creates trust and deepens connection."

"Microexpressions last between one-twenty-fifth and one-fifth of a second."

"Every culture has rules about when, where, and how to display emotions."

"The ability to mask emotions is a skill, not an indication of authenticity."

"Happiness that is performed repeatedly eventually becomes somewhat genuine."

"Reading faces is not mind reading; it is reading emotional states."

"The universality of emotional expression suggests deep evolutionary roots in human nature."

"Grief is not a problem to be solved but a process to be honored."

"When multiple emotions occur simultaneously, the face often shows blends of expression."

"Understanding why people lie is more useful than simply catching them in deception."

"Emotional transparency is an act of courage, not weakness."

"The face of a child holds the most honest emotions before social conditioning takes hold."

"Contempt in a relationship predicts breakup more reliably than overt conflict."

"Emotions do not have a hierarchy; all feelings are valid forms of information."

"The study of expression connects neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and art."

"Vulnerability in showing emotion is often misinterpreted as weakness."

"Facial expressions are both innate and learned, nature and nurture working in concert."

"When someone says they are fine but their face says otherwise, trust the face."