Involuntarily Quotes

35 quotes by 34 authors

We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights. I define basic rights as this -the ability to pursue life… — Moby
Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that… — Thomas Jefferson
Man is the being who is involuntarily and voluntarily busy with himself and his surroundings, between two broadcasting stations of good and evil, until one… — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take… — Ban Ki-moon
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will,… — G I Gurdjieff
The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious. — Gregory Maguire
As something has involuntarily crept into my head through my eyes,I love to indulge it, even though it may be all wrong. — Frederic Chopin
Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against… — Clarence Darrow
My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master. — Lev Polugaevsky
Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is,… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
My therapist told me I need to learn to love myself. It sounds easy enough, but really, how do you just wake up one day… — Stephanie Klein
Without nourishing our own souls, we can't nourish the world, for we cannot give what we do not have. As we attend to our souls,… — Marianne Williamson
Almost every sin is committed for the sake of sensual pleasure; and sensual pleasure is overcome by hardship and distress arising either voluntarily from repentance,… — Gregory of Nazianzus
When we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each attribute acquired by experience falls away from… — Mikhail Lermontov
Every person must live the inner life in one form or another. Consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or involuntarily, the inner world will claim us and… — Robert A. Johnson
By his machines man can dive and remain under water like a shark; can fly like a hawk in the air; can see atoms like… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise of… — William Greider
When I was a young girl, I lost a lot of weight over one summer - involuntarily - and was just really depressed and sad.… — Tyra Banks
Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance and benevolence and… — Marcus Aurelius

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