Baser Quotes

32 quotes by 30 authors

Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other… — James E. Faust
For Nature is accustomed to rehearse with certain large, perhaps baser, and all classes of wild (animals), and to place in the imperfect the rudiments… — Marcello Malpighi
Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true… — Bryant H. McGill
It is no small advantage to the holy life to "begin the day with God." The saints are wont to leave their hearts with Him… — Thomas Case
Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent, and knows no… — Mahatma Gandhi
I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine… — Mahatma Gandhi
We have taught our people to use prayer too much as a means of comfort - not in the original and heroic sense of uplifting,… — Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
Constancy... that small change of love, which people exact so rigidly, receive in such counterfeit coin, and repay in baser metal. — Lord Byron
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss… — T.H. White
We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist… — Jacqueline Carey
Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope Is flat… — John Milton
Try vegetarianism and you will be surprised: meditation becomes far easier. Love becomes more subtle, loses its grossness - becomes more sensitive but less sensuous,… — Rajneesh
By every mortal standard, the worst faeries in the world were those in the Dark Court. They fed on the baser emotions; they engaged in… — Melissa Marr
Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts. — Jim Leach
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and… — Francis William Newman
When you make people angry, they act in accordance with their baser instincts, often violently and irrationally. When you inspire people, they act in accordance… — Peace Pilgrim
It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts,… — William Morley Punshon
The temple of truth is built indeed of stones of crystal, but, inasmuch as men have been concerned in rearing it, it has been consolidated… — Charles Caleb Colton
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. — Jacob K. Javits
Confronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one. — Peter HÃ¸eg

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