Impulse Quotes

827 quotes by 629 authors

This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
It win be a device that will permit communication without any time interval between two points in space. The device will not transmit messages, of… — Ursula K. Le Guin
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive… — Saul Bellow
In good novelistic fashion, the discovery Iâ€™ve made is that itâ€™s complicated. I think thatâ€™s one of good things about exploring these questions in a… — Hari Kunzru
ALL IMPULSES OF THOUGHT HAVE A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE THEMSELVES IN THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT. — Napoleon Hill
The poetic impulse is distinct from ideas about things or feelings about things, though it may use these. It's more like a desire to separate… — Philip Larkin
It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against… — Ian Fleming
Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no… — Alan Lightman
Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing… — Abraham Maslow
God knows greed won't vanish. Neither will hatred or chauvanism. Human nature is a stubborn thing. But it isn't beyond control. Even if our core… — Robert Wright
Every one expects to go further than his father went; every one expects to be better than he was born and every generation has one… — William Allen White
The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to… — Nicolas Gomez Davila
Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. .… — Laozi
There is no big mystery to Tantra. It is in the allowance and grace of the breath. Breathe easy and naturally and you will open… — Janet Robertson
It's not that bullying is any worse today. The impulse for cruelty is the same impulse. The only difference is that the tools to achieve… — Jodee Blanco
The universe likes speed. Don't delay. Don't second guess. Don't doubt. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse is there, when the intuitive nudge… — Joe Vitale
Inherent in the impulse to be free, is insecurity. The impulse to be free comes from outside of the mind, and because of this, it… — Adyashanti
Never resist a generous impulse. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift,… — Robert Thurman

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