Impulse Quotes

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From the proletarians nothing is to be feared. Left to themselves, they will continue from generation to generation and from century to century, working, breeding,… — George Orwell
The psychoanalytic liberation of memory explodes the rationality of the repressed individual. As cognition gives way to re-cognition, the forbidden images and impulses of childhood… — Herbert Marcuse
For anyone of a rational disposition, fashion is often nearly impossible to fathom. Throughout many periods of history â€“ perhaps most â€“ it can seem… — Bill Bryson
He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the… — Stephen Crane
My life and most people's lives are a series of little miracles -- strange coincidences which spring from uncontrollable impulses and give rise to incomprehensible… — Colin Clark
The funny thing about good peopleâ€”people like Danecaâ€”is that they really honestly donâ€™t get the impulse toward evil. They have an incredibly hard time reconciling… — Holly Black
To expose our hearts to truth and consistently refuse or neglect to obey the impulses it arouses is to stymie the motions of life within… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required. — Jane Austen
...our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes — Thomas Hardy
A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in oneâ€™s life. There… — Alain de Botton
That single thought is enough. The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing… — Edgar Allan Poe
Perhaps because the origins of a certain kind of love lie in an impulse to escape ourselves and out weaknesses by an alliance with the… — Alain de Botton
It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy. — Andy Andrews
I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves,… — Abraham Lincoln
The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: â€˜Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto theeâ€™ (Moses 3:17). You have… — Boyd K. Packer
Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that the cruelty the… — Henri Nouwen
Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart… — Edgar Allan Poe
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
Brother, stand the pain. Escape the poison of your impulses. The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do. Learn to light the candle.… — Unknown Author
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing… — Cheryl Strayed

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