Compulsion Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compulsion Eloquence Inspirational Power
“Compulsion: noun, mass noun; an ability possessed by certain Que Cum Virtute Judicium (Virts) to force someone to do something or create an irresistible… — Alex Lane Copy Share Image
When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“The instinct that drives compulsion is universal. It is an attempt to solve the problem of disconnection, alienation, tepid despair... the problem is ultimately… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The inversion of external compulsion into the compulsion of conscience ... produces the machine-like assiduity and pliable allegiance required by the new rationality. — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; by which it… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“it is certain that you can do what you want to do; the desire to do it is proof that you have within you… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
Whenever God's will is in the ascendant all compulsion is gone. When we choose deliberately to obey Him then with all His almighty power. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
For many people it's Facebook, or sports on TV, whatever it is. I have my own demons that I battle. But whatever they are,… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something. — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
