Primal Quotes

169 quotes by 149 authors

The threat to man does not come in the first instance from the potentially lethal machines and apparatus of technology. The actual threat has already… — Martin Heidegger
Years of observation and thought have given increasing strength to the belief that we Jews stand apart from you gentiles, that a primal duality breaks… — Maurice Samuel
If you want to realize the truth, don't be for or against. The struggle between good and evil is the primal disease of the mind. — Sengcan
Emotions are not 'bad.' At the roots of our emotions are primal energies which can be put to fruitful use. Indeed...the energies of enlightenment arises… — James H. Austin
True observers of nature, although they may think differently, will still agree that everything that is, everything that is observable as a phenomenon, can only… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal. — Julia Child
Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves in vision as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action. Between… — Zoroaster
Being a woman in the pop world, sexuality is half poison and half liberation. What's the line? I don't have a line. I am the… — Lady Gaga
The Goddess falls in love with Herself, drawing forth her own emanation, which takes on a life of its own. Love of self for self… — Starhawk
Love is the most universal, the most tremendous and the most mystical of cosmic forces. Love is the primal and universal psychic energy. Love is… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. — Daniel Goleman
Too few of us, perhaps, feel that breaking of bread, the sharing of salt, the common dipping into one bowl, mean more than satisfaction of… — M.F.K. Fisher
I think I would really lay down and die. Music comes from a very primal, twisted place. When a person sings, their body, their mouth,… — Jeff Buckley
Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred and fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it… — Steven Pressfield
Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical and… — Tom Robbins
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
Just now one of the significant historical roles of the primal people of the world is not simply to sustain their own traditions, but call… — Thomas Berry
The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as… — Emma Donoghue
Windy or not, a day this beautiful has to be lived. The day is bright and clear, the sky blue, and the dry air feels… — Carl Safina
I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a… — Jenny Saville

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