Repress Quotes

84 quotes by 75 authors

It is when we lose control that we repress the emotions, not when we are in control. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is… — Tom Robbins
Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go. Shadow thought… — Neil Gaiman
Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to… — Alice Miller
To ignore, repress, or dismiss our feelings is to fail to listen to the stirrings of the Spirit within our emotional life. Jesus listened. In… — Brennan Manning
Because you have no memory for things that happened ten or twenty years ago, you're still mouthing the same nonsense as two thousand years ago.… — Wilhelm Reich
It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir; that Tacitus was right and that peace… — Seamus Heaney
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified… — Elizabeth Gaskell
If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we may… — Madeleine L'Engle
[He] saw communism for the sham that it was--a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the… — Vince Flynn
I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not,except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And… — Julian Barnes
The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just… — Deepak Chopra
Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, â€œDaddy, look â€” one of the gnomes actually bit… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her, and… — Alice Miller
People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites. — Unknown Author
Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity — Warren G. Bennis
The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go… — Michael Leunig
The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am actually the idea I am interpreting, and naturally I picture… — John Philip Sousa
When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score — John Powell
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. — Karl Marx

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