#impulse

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

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Everyone has the impulse to be elite. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

#everyone #impulse

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust. ↗

— Henry S. Haskins

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Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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I have a suicide impulse. ↗

— Hal Holbrook

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When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit. ↗

— Roland Allen

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Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

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I've always had this impulse to be destructive. ↗

— Russell Brand

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