Aversion Quotes

149 quotes by 128 authors

The way to infinite joy is through the elimination of desire, - no attachments, no aversions. — Lester Levenson
The idea of self is dependent upon attraction, aversion and memory. Memory is simply a serial account of attractions and aversions that don't exist now… — Frederick Lenz
Attraction and aversion create a sense of self. There is no self. They are just thoughts. They are insubstantial. When you die, all the ideas… — Frederick Lenz
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wine is the source of the greatest evils among communities. It causes diseases, quarrels, seditions, idleness, aversion to labor, and family disorders. . . .… — Francois Fenelon
I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far right and the… — Joan Baez
Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature, with all its contradictions, appetites, aversions, rages, can one hope to understand a little ... oh, I… — Francoise Sagan
If you feel an aversion to a person--that is, an unexplainable feeling of dislike or distaste for him--it is the most dangerous time for a… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
Ego is the movement of the mind toward objects of perception in the form of grasping, and away from objects in the form of aversion.… — Adyashanti
It might, too, have been the singular cold that alienated me; for such chilliness was abnormal on so hot a day, and the abnormal always… — H P Lovecraft
It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life's course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and… — Jawaharlal Nehru
You human beings think that yoga is in some way going to make everything you want to happen, work out. You are going to be… — Frederick Lenz
To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority… — H. L. Mencken
What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks… — Winston Churchill
Love receives its death-wound from aversion, and forgetfulness buries it. — Jean de la Bruyere
It's like aversion therapy. You keep doing scenes over and over again with three women in the bed with you, and we had to do… — Steve Coogan
My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and… — Jon Meacham
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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