#impulse

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#altogether #beginning #both #crude #day

You know you love something if you're willing to die for it, and you know it means nothing if you walk away from that which is dying. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#give-all #impulse #instinct #love #sacrifice

The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can give in to those base impulses and just be bad and not feel bad about it. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#bad #base #creatures #drawn #fascinating

There's always been a religious strain in me. I can't get rid of it. I don't want to get rid of it. I'm not involved in a church, but I understand that impulse to believe in something that's never going to betray you. ↗

— Ruth Wilson

#been #believe #betray #church #get

A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement. ↗

— Justin Winsor

#becomes #books #collection #goes #good

Everyone has the impulse to be elite. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

#everyone #impulse

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#country #curiosity #goes #guided #himself

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#been #discovered #emotional #foster #impulses

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#impulse #pass #second #wait

She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister. ↗

— Bill Griffith

#artistic #discouraged #each #encouraged #father