#pulse

Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which it has given us, but also in that it guides our spirit. ↗

— Polykarp Kusch

#creative #dominates #forms #given #greatest

Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#equilibrium #general #her #impulse #inspires

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. ↗

— George Santayana

#impulse #primary #satisfy #talk #use

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. ↗

— Adam Smith

#finger #lays #never #pulse

So I flirt with disaster once or twice. Who doesn’t?” He snorted. “You don’t just flirt with disaster, you have intercourse with it. ↗

— Dannika Dark

#disaster #flirt #funny #humor #impulse

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#impulse #law #love #love is #mere

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#first #good #impulses #mistrust #nearly

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#after #approval #control #convinces #cookie

I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse? ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#blood #body #pulse #theology #theology

...impulses are flowing through my brain - primal sparks leaping gaps - all so I can put my arms around you... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #primal #love