Your intelligence does not come from your emotions. Your intelligence is a consequence of your ability to think rationally, abstractly, and conceptually. Your intelligence does not come from your emotions. Your intelligence is a consequence of your ability to think rationally, abstractly, and conceptually.
Emotions are automatic thoughts.
You can either choose to identify them or not, but you have no direct choice about the fact they come up in the first place. Consider an example. You meet somebody new. Your conscious mind takes a neutral stance towards the individual. After all, you don't really know him.