Impels Quotes

40 quotes by 39 authors

Nevertheless, the consuming hunger of the uncritical mind for what it imagines to be certainty or finality impels it to feast upon shadows in the… — Eric Temple Bell
We come here because we too feel a responsibility for the human community. To preserve and develop a human quality of life is the common… — Thomas Berry
It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it. — Alexis Carrel
What has to be given up is not the I, but that drive for self-affirmation which impels man to flee from the unreliable, unsolid, unlasting,… — Martin Buber
The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on… — Ben Shahn
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion. — Claudius Claudianus
The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot -… — Sigmund Freud
Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us… — Charles Caleb Colton
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can… — Andrew Weil
I work to drive the awe away, yet awe impels the work. — Emily Dickinson
The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title… — Rob Sheffield
Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order… — John Stott
I am simultaneously and contradictorily both happy and unhappy: 'to succeed' or 'to fail' have for me only ephemeral, contingent meanings (this does not stop… — Roland Barthes
Spirituality without a prayer life is no spirituality at all, and it will not last beyond the first defeats. Prayer is an opening of the… — Joan D. Chittister
Whenever I start thinking of my love for a person, I am in the habit of immediately drawing radii from my love - from my… — Vladimir Nabokov
The motive that impels modern reason to know must be described as the desire to conquer and dominate. For the Greek philosophers and the Fathers… — JÃ¼rgen Moltmann
True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels… — Robert E. Lee
We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans â€” because we can. We have some impulse within… — Maya Angelou
The expansion of the market creates a need for enhanced and more regular supply, and this in turn impels commercial capital to acquire control of… — Rudolf Hiferding
It is desire that impels man to lose his discrimination and understanding, and thus commit wrong actions. — Senora Roy

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