Paralysis Quotes

94 quotes by 89 authors

There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal description you create… — Moshe Feldenkrais
Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation to reach out… — Paul Brunton
Experience is a form of paralysis. — Erik Satie
In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at… — Carl Icahn
Anyone who would attempt the task of felling a virgin forest with a penknife would probably feel the same paralysis of despair that the reformer… — Ellen Key
When people have been traumatized, they are stuck in paralysis-the immobility reaction or abrupt explosions of rage. — Peter A. Levine
There is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought, readiness to accept paternalistic measures by government, and along… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
What you're seeing is a loss of confidence in institutions and their legitimacy because they are not seen as delivering. It's hardly a surprise that… — Jonathan Wood
The message that 'love' will solve all of our problems is repeated incessantly in contemporary culture - like a philosophical tom tom. It would be… — Quentin Crisp
Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating. — Mason Cooley
The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea that action should only be taken after all the answers and… — Jaime Lerner
The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on the one hand he was… — Laurie Lee
The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the… — A B Simpson
Paralysis seems to happen on the steepest slope of the survival arcâ€”where almost all hope is lost, when escape seems impossible, and when the situation… — Amanda Ripley
Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The derangement brings about the enfeeblement, verging on… — Walter Lippmann
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day. — Edward Albert
We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. BUt the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: 'I… — Pope Francis
Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis. — Bell Hooks
Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst. — Sheryl Sandberg
Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests. — John W. Gardner

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