Agitation Quotes

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To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority… — Alfred Adler
It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. — Lord Byron
The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The… — Thomas Jefferson
I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can… — John Dewey
Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness.… — Dalai Lama
Hatred, jealousy and excessive attachment cause suffering and agitation. I feel compassion can help us overcome these disturbances and let us return to a calm… — Dalai Lama
There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows… — Edward Hoagland
To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a more centered alternative to agitation.… — Judith Orloff
I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and… — Thomas Jefferson
America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not… — Calvin Coolidge
It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that I condemn it.… — Benjamin Tucker
Self-criticism is not "love," and it is certainly not indifferent. It's a form of hatred. And when I name that, when I see it for… — Danielle LaPorte
Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also… — Eugene V. Debs
If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living… — Eugene V. Debs
Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered… — Samuel Johnson
...the Government must not think that they can stop this agitation. It will go on...We are here not because we are law-breakers; we are here… — Emmeline Pankhurst
Now, just think, to accuse me of such a crime. Think of it! I, who have for twenty-five years single- handed struggled against the invasion… — Jacob Schiff
Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw… — Germaine Greer
I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To… — William Wordsworth
Agitation is all about poetry, governance is all about prose. — Jairam Ramesh

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